A man in his 20s arrested and indicted for uploading child sexual exploitation videos on Telegram View original image


[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Won-ji) announced on the 16th that A (21), who was transferred from the police on charges of posting child sexual exploitation videos in Telegram group chats, etc. (violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse), has been detained and indicted.


A, an employee of a confectionery company, is accused of posting child sexual exploitation videos created by instructing obscene acts through KakaoTalk conversations with a girl (estimated to be 9 years old) whom he met on YouTube last September, in Telegram group chats sharing various materials in February this year.



A is also accused of downloading, possessing, and selling 711 child and juvenile obscene materials from January 2017 to February this year on Twitter, the dark web (websites accessible only through specific browsers), and other platforms.


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