Dilansir Yonhap, Pengadilan Distrik Suwon, di Seoul selatan, juga memerintahkan pesohor 32 tahun itu membayar denda 1,4 juta won serta memberikan masa percobaan dan perawatan untuknya.
"Kejahatan terkait narkoba harus dihukum berat karena efek candu dan berbahaya bagi individu dan masyarakat," kata hakim Kim Doo-hong dalam sidang.
Mengenakan baju penjara, Park membungkukkan badan saat meninggalkan pengadilan selepas diberi hukuman, di mana penggemar asal Korea Selatan dan Jepang memenuhinya, sebagian menangis saat mendengar hukuman yang dihadapi idolanya.
Dengan mata berkaca-kaca, Park mengatakan pada pewarta bahwa dia "akan melakukan banyak layanan sosial dan berusaha menjalani hidup yang lurus," lalu meminta maaf kepada para penggemarnya atas kasus ini.
Baca juga: Park Yu-chun panik dituduh lakukan pencabulan
Park dituduh membeli 1,5 gram methamphetamine pada 17 Mei dan menggunakannya bersama Hwang Ha-na, cucu dari pendiri Namyang Dairy Products, selama enam kali antara Februari dan Maret tahun ini.
Dalam sidang bulan lalu, jaksa meminta hukuman 18 bulan penjara untuk Park serta denda 1,4 juta won atas kesalahannya. Pengacara Park mengatakan dia mengaku menyalahgunakan narkoba untuk mengurangi stres akibat batalnya pertunangan dengan Hwang.
Park dituduh menggunakan narkoba setelah mantan tunangannya ditangkap pada 6 April atas tuduhan menjual methamphetamine dan menggunakan zat itu pada 2015.
Pada 2017, Park mengumumkan rencananya menikahi Hwang yang sudah dekat dengannya sejak 2016, namun mereka kemudian membatalkan rencana pernikahan dan memutuskan jalinan asmaa pada 2018.
(3rd LD) Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun given suspended sentence for drug use
Entertainment 13:44 July 02, 2019
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SUWON, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A local court sentenced Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, to 10 months in prison on Tuesday, suspended two years, for using an illegal drug.
Suwon District Court in the city of Suwon, south of Seoul, also ordered the 32-year-old disgraced entertainer to pay a fine of 1.4 million won (around US$1,203) and issued probation and treatment orders for him.
"Drug-related crimes should be harshly punished due to severe addiction and harmful effects on individuals and society," presiding judge Kim Doo-hong said in the ruling.
Kim, however, said Park's contrition for his behavior and the fact this was his first offense meant a suspended sentence was sufficient as a punishment and deterrent.
Clad in ocher prison clothes, Park bowed while leaving the court following the sentence, where his South Korean and Japanese fans had packed in, with some of them crying upon hearing the sentence.
Following the sentence, Park came out of a detention center in Suwon around 11:25 a.m. With tears in his eyes, Park said to a group of reporters that he "will do lots of social service and make efforts to lead an honest life," offering an apology to his fans over his case.
Park was indicted on May 17 on charges of purchasing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine and using it together with Hwang Ha-na, a granddaughter of the founder of Namyang Dairy Products Co., on six occasions between February and March this year.
He was also charged with using the banned substance with the woman last fall.
During a court hearing last month, prosecutors sought an 18-month prison sentence for Park and asked for a fine of 1.4 million won (US$1,180) against the entertainer. A lawyer for Park said he admitted to starting to use the drug to relieve stress from the cancellation of his marriage engagement with Hwang.
Park faced drug allegations after the 31-year-old Hwang was arrested on April 6 on charges of selling methamphetamine and using the illegal substance in 2015.
In 2017, Park announced his plans to marry Hwang after dating her since 2016, but he later called off the marriage and broke up with her in 2018.
Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, is sent to prosecutors from a police station in Suwon, south of Seoul, in this file photo dated May 3, 2019. Park was detained for suspected drug use with his former fiancee, Hwang Ha-na, a granddaughter of Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s founder and honorary chairman. (Yonhap)
Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, is sent to prosecutors from a police station in Suwon, south of Seoul, in this file photo dated May 3, 2019. Park was detained for suspected drug use with his former fiancee, Hwang Ha-na, a granddaughter of Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s founder and honorary chairman. (Yonhap)
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