Spurs star’s father fined over mistreatment of players at football school

Spurs star’s father fined over mistreatment of players at football school
Son Woong-jung, centre, runs a football academy in Chuncheon (Park Jin-hee/Newsis via AP)

A court in South Korea has fined Son Woong-jung, the father of English Premier League star Son Heung-min, three million won (£1,700) for violating child welfare law at his football academy.

The Chuncheon district court notified prosecutors on Friday that it issued such a ruling on Son Woong-jung, director of the Son Football Academy in Chuncheon city, according to a local prosecutors’ office.

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