Kang Yong-seok Reported to Prosecutors for False Accusation Charges... "Incited Dodomom to File a False Complaint"
[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Lawyer Kang Yong-seok has been reported to the prosecution on suspicion of instigating false accusation against Kim Mina, known as 'Dodommam.'
Lawyers Kim Ho-in and Kim Sang-gyun announced on the morning of the 11th that they had reported Lawyer Kang to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of false accusation.
They stated, "We came across the case through media reports, and as people in the same profession, we felt that it had gone too far, which led us to report Lawyer Kang. We are third parties who have no relation to Lawyer Kang or Dodommam and decided to report based on our own judgment."
They added, "There are many views suggesting that a lawyer might have fabricated the case to create a 'nonexistent' criminal fact. Most lawyers work with professional ethics, and to eliminate such misunderstandings, we have submitted the report."
Lawyer Kang is suspected of instigating false accusation in March 2015 related to an incident where Kim, a famous blogger known as Dodommam, was assaulted by an executive of a securities company. At that time, media reports stated that during a conversation between the two, Lawyer Kang encouraged Kim to file a false accusation claiming she was sexually assaulted by the suspect. Although the case was closed with the prosecution's decision not to indict, controversy resurfaced when text messages between the two were disclosed through the media.
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Previously, Lawyer Kang served as the legal representative for Kim and her ex-husband during their civil lawsuit. At that time, Lawyer Kang was sentenced to one year in prison and detained in court for forging a withdrawal letter of the lawsuit in the name of Kim's ex-husband but was acquitted in the second trial in April last year and released. The case is currently ongoing at the Supreme Court following the prosecution's appeal.
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