He apologized for evading military service by pretending to be a fake epileptic patient with actor Song Deok-ho.
Song Deok-ho posted an apology on his SNS on the 27th. He said, "I worried a lot because I thought I would be able to cause inconvenience again, but I wrote this letter to confess and apologize once again that my actions were really wrong and hurt someone."
He added, "Even after writing and deleting, it seems that this is the only thing I can give you. I'm sorry. In 2020, I used my personal history as an excuse to make the wrong choice."
Song Deok-ho said, "The epileptic patients and their families who must have been greatly hurt by my wrong choice, the Korean Army soldiers who are struggling to protect the country even at this moment, and the many works that have suffered a lot because of me. I sincerely bow my head and apologize to all involved."
In addition, he said, "I will live my life from now on, deeply engrave my mistakes in my heart and live with atonement for the rest of my life. Once again, I sincerely apologize to everyone."
In February 2013, Song Deok-ho received a grade 3 active duty test in his first physical examination. After that, he postponed his enlistment several times, and when he was grade 3 again, he handed 15 million won to the military service broker and tried to escape the military service. As a result, in May of last year, he was judged as a 4th grade supplementary officer due to convulsive disease.
Song Deok-ho was charged with violating the Military Service Act. The court of first instance sentenced him to one year in prison and two years probation, and ordered 80 hours of community service. As neither the prosecution nor Song Deok-ho appealed, the first trial judgment was confirmed.
Song Deok-ho debuted in the movie 'Burning' in 2018 and has appeared in 'Model Taxi', dramas 'Hospital Playlist', 'DP', 'Think of the Moon When Flowers Bloom', 'Tracer Season 1', 'Link: Eat and Love', ' 100 Butlers per Day', etc. He was scheduled to appear on tvN's 'Beneficial Fraud', but dropped out after being accused of violating the Military Service Act.The full text of Song Deok-ho's apology is as follows:Hello, this is Song Deok-ho.
I worried a lot thinking that I would be able to cause inconvenience again, but I am writing this letter to confess and apologize once again that my actions were really wrong and hurt someone.
Even after writing and erasing, it seems that this is the only thing I can give you. sorry. In 2020, I made the wrong choice using my personal history as an excuse. To the epileptic patients and their families who must have been greatly hurt by my wrong choice, to the Korean army service members who are struggling to protect the country even at this moment, and to all the people involved in the various works who have suffered a lot because of me alone. I sincerely bow my head and apologize.
In the future, I will engrave my mistakes deep in my heart and live with atonement for the rest of my life. Once again, I sincerely apologize to everyone.
Posted by Song Deok-ho on August 27, 2023
Reporter Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia kkk39@tenasia.co.kr