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| Army Captain Arrested After Forcing Trainees to Eat Feces |
| 2005-01-21 |
| An Army captain was arrested Friday on charges of maltreating trainees, the Army said. The 28-year-old company commander, identified by his family name Lee, allegedly forced 192 conscripts to eat human feces as a disciplinary measure because some of the toilets in his boot camp had not been flushed. Lee is in charge of training recruits at the camp in Nonsan, 200 kilometers south of Seoul. On Jan. 10, Lee asked the draftees to pick up and taste feces, and about half of them followed the order, witnesses said. The soldiers were in their fifth week of a six-week training period. The incident was reported 10 days later when one of the conscripts sent a letter to his friends. Yoon Kwang-ung, minister of national defense, apologized to the people for the case, vowing to conduct thorough investigation of those responsible for the case and look into other military training camps across the country. ``I¡¯m deeply sorry for the intolerable incident and apologize to the people and families of the conscripts for it," Yoon said in a statement. A special investigation team will be set up to inspect 36 boot camps in the country, Army officers said. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea said it would launch a probe into the case since it infringed on human rights. The commission said it already dispatched three investigators to the Nonsan training camp. ``We will thoroughly investigate not only this case, but also other possible similar cases in boot camps," a spokesman for the commission said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #13 "corn? I don't remember eating corn" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-21 6:42:00 PM |
| #12 You're supposed to make em go for just the peanuts..not the whole stinkin' pile. Guess he didn't get the memo. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-01-21 6:15:11 PM |
| #11 The Captain probably just didn't have that many pairs of panties handy. See what kind of shit you can get into when you don't have the right equipment? |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-01-21 3:44:25 PM |
| #10 Wow, it would have really hit the fan if these had been captured Mohammedan terrorists rather than conscripts serving their country. Jimmy Carter must be relieved. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-01-21 3:41:04 PM |
| #9 Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face, private! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-01-21 3:03:25 PM |
| #8 I almost instantly knew this was either the Russian or South Korean Army. The SK forces still use corporal punishment as a way to maintain discipline in the ranks. One night on duty I noticed one of the SK troops had dosed off and I shared that info with my fellow GIs. A SK Captain overheard our laughter and saw the troop snoozing away. He beat the snot out of him right in front of us. He was a draftee (all were) and that type of punishment is very common. I think the feces festival was way out of line, but I bet it wasn’t the first time it happened. I don't think Soju would do the trick, I think this calls for a combat bottle of OB. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-21 12:46:08 PM |
| #7 Nothing a little soju wouldn't fix. Kimchee with that? |
| Posted by: nada 2005-01-21 12:23:49 PM |
| #6 I wonder what the commander thought about his imaginative punishment when all those who'd followed orders ended up with dysentary and other messy diseases? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-21 12:09:09 PM |
| #5 In NKOR, this would be known as dinner. |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-01-21 11:29:25 AM |
| #4 Guys, "shit on a shingle" is a JOKE. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-01-21 10:16:07 AM |
| #3 They're just doing their duty. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-01-21 10:14:21 AM |
| #2 Obviously this was a reward for a "job" well-done. Seconds? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-21 9:54:01 AM |
| #1 You guys have no discipline. ...just eat shit. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-01-21 9:43:53 AM |