The Supreme Court ruled that a petty officer in the Navy did not commit the offense of insulting a superior under the Military Criminal Act when, aboard a naval vessel, the petty officer threw off a headset and said, "The commander is a mess," after a superior, a captain, refused to accept the petty officer's opinion. As a result, a Supreme Court precedent established in 1999 was changed after 27 years.
The Supreme Court en banc (presiding Justice Lee Heung-gu) on the 22nd overturned the lower court ruling that had sentenced Navy Petty Officer First Class A to six months in prison, suspended for one year, for the offense of insulting a superior under the Military Criminal Act, and sent it back with a ruling of not guilty.
The full article from ChosunBiz can be found here. The decision is not yet available on the English page of the Supreme Court's website.
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