SEOUL, Oct. 18 -- The Seoul High Court has upheld the conviction of former NCT member Moon Tae-il, known professionally as Taeil, in a sexual assault case.

The court yesterday sentenced Taeil, 31, to three years and six months in prison for aggravated quasi-rape under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.

It also upheld identical sentences for two co-defendants, surnamed Lee and Hong, and ordered all three men to complete 40 hours of a sex offender treatment programme.

"The grounds for mitigation presented by the defendants are not sufficient," the court said. "There was no error in the first court's factual or sentencing decisions."

The men are barred from working at i...