Prosecutors Conduct 5th Summons of Jo Joo-bin Today... Accomplice 'Social Service Agent' Also Summoned

Jo Joo-bin, the operator of the Telegram "Doctor's Room," is speaking at the photo line set up in front of the Jongno Police Station in Seoul on the 25th of last month. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Jo Joo-bin (24, in custody), the operator of the 'Baksa Room' accused of producing sexually exploitative materials and distributing them on the internet messenger Telegram, will undergo his fifth prosecution summons investigation.

The prosecution also plans to officially begin investigations into Jo's accomplices.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Digital Sex Crime Special Investigation Task Force (led by Chief Prosecutor Yoo Hyun-jung) will summon Jo for the fifth time on the afternoon of the 1st for questioning.

As with the previous day, the investigation will be conducted in a video recording room with Kim Ho-je, a lawyer from the law firm Taeyoon (38, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 39), present, the prosecution said.

The investigation team also plans to summon Kang Mo (24, in custody and indicted), a social service worker at Yeongtong District Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, at Seoul Detention Center as a suspect to intensively question him about his involvement in the crime.

Kang was arrested and indicted earlier this year on charges including accessing the district office's information system network to look up personal information of victim woman A (34) and her family, and requesting Jo for 'revenge,' and is currently on trial.

The prosecution is known to be investigating circumstances in which Kang provided personal information of victims, which he identified while working as a social service worker, to Jo.

However, the prosecution stated that there are no plans to conduct a confrontation interrogation between the two on this day.

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