An appeals court on Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s ruling, rejected a complaint filed by a TV personality demanding the nullification of a departure order which was made after she was again convicted of drug abuse.
The Seoul High Court dismissed the suit filed by Korean-American Lee Yoon-ji, better known by her stage name Amy, against the head of the Korea Immigration Service. Immigration ordered her to leave South Korea for breaking a vow to not violate drug laws again after she received a suspended jail term for abusing the psychotropic drug propofol in November 2012.
The immigration office had allowed Amy to stay after taking oaths from her twice that she would not raise an objection to an emigration order if she was again caught violating the law.
However, in 2014 Lee was sentenced to a fine of 5 million won ($4,700) for taking zolpidem, a common prescription drug that induces sleep, without a prescription.
The immigration office ordered her to leave South Korea by March 27, but the 33-year-old rejected the order and filed a suit. (Yonhap)
