[June 29 2011]
MC Mong, the rapper who was accused of pulling his teeth to avoid military service, cannot serve in the military - even if he wants to, according to a ruling issued yesterday.
The Government Legislation Office said that even though MC Mong, whose real name is Shin Dong-hyun, is willing to go into active duty, it is not possible because he has already been placed in the second tier of the military since he’s over the age of 31. People in the second tier serve in non-active duty.
“It is not possible for him to serve in active duty, and our ruling is not based on whether the candidate himself is willing to serve in or not,” the Office said in its ruling.
The Military Manpower Administration had asked the Government Legislation Office to determine whether MC Mong could still serve in the military after a court ruled in April that he had deliberately evaded his mandatory military service by deferring service six times and having 12 teeth pulled by five dentists.
The Seoul Central District Court in April sentenced MC Mong to six months in jail on charges of deliberately delaying military enlistment on false grounds. But the court cleared him of the charge that he had intentionally pulled out his healthy teeth just to be exempted from military duty.
By Lee Sun-min
Source: JoongAng Daily
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