Japanese mom gives Korean judge the finger, literally
Mother of Molested Daughter Severs Finger, Sends to Korean in Protest
June 22, 2004 DIGITAL CHOSUN ---Following a decision by a judge to let a man charged with sexually abusing his stepdaughter walk on bail, the mother of the child cut off her own finger and sent it to the judge in protest. Ms. Kim, an ethnic Korean from Japan, learned of the decision to free her husband Mr. Noh on June 17.... In protest, Kim severed the index finger on her right hand and sent it by mail to the 4th Seoul Criminal Court on Monday. Sent with the finger was a letter written in blood calling for Noh to be heavily punished, picture of Kim's hand (minus a digit) and proof of treatment. Judge Lee Ho-won said Tuesday that he accepted it as a statement calling for strong punishment of the defendant, but the court is keeping the finger in a refrigerator in order to return to Kim.