allegedly blackmailed women and minors to make sexually abusive
videos and sold them, has his face go public outside Jongno Police
Office in Seoul, Wednesday. Photo: Korea Times/Shim
Hyun-chul
The mastermind of a notorious online sex abuse ring was
jailed for 40 years in South Korea on Thursday.
Cho Ju-bin, a 25-year-old college graduate, ran a group that
blackmailed women and girls, including minors, into filming and
sending sexual content. This was then posted in pay-to-view
chatrooms on messaging app Telegram.
Cho was in charge of the group from last May to February this
year, blackmailing 74 people, 16 of whom were underage.
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“The accused has widely distributed sexually abusive content
that he created by luring and threatening many victims,” the Seoul
Central District Court was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying,
adding that he had caused “irreparable harm”.
Considering the seriousness of the crimes, the large number of
victims and the extent of the damage Cho’s group has inflicted, he
would “have to be isolated from society for a long time,” the court
added.
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The 40-year verdict was short of the lifetime imprisonment
sought by prosecutors. Both they and Cho have one week to
appeal.
Five people who helped Cho run the criminal ring received jail
terms ranging from seven to 15 years.
The case has reignited a national conversation over the
seriousness with which digital sex crimes are taken in South
Korea.
The illegal sharing of sexual content is a widespread
problem in the hyper-connected country, and in the past critics
have accused the authorities of being too lenient on such
crimes.
Last year the government began running a 24-hour watchdog team
to catch illegally shared material.
In one high-profile case, K-pop star Jung Joon-young was
convicted of filming and distributing sex videos without the
consent of his female partners. He is serving a five-year jail
term.
South Korean women have taken to the streets previously over
so-called spycams — cameras hidden in public places such as schools
and toilets to secretly record women.
Tens of thousands of women demonstrated in Seoul in 2018,
demanding stronger government action on the issue.
AFP
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