



By Bahk Eun-ji



A local court has ruled that a man wearing a fishnet miniskirt and stockings was not committing an act of public indecency.

The ruling came as the man, identified only as Baek, 54, was acquitted of charges that he performed lewd acts in front of women passing a park in Nowon-gu, Seoul, early one November morning.

He was wearing a fishnet miniskirt and fishnet stockings with high heels, police said.

The women told police that "Baek was sitting with his legs apart and shaking an ‘important' part of his body." But Baek denied the women's testimony and said he wore the items because he wanted to be a woman.

"I was shivering with cold but didn't act with any immoral behavior," Baek said.

The Seoul Northern District Court on Tuesday said it seemed difficult for Baek to shake that part of his body because he was wearing tight pantyhose. Besides, the victims did not look him in the face, so there was no absolute proof of his guilt, the court said.

The court also said men wearing female clothes or shoes could prompt unpleasant feelings, but it did not constitute a "lewd act" punishable by law.