Changwon District Prosecutors' Office Arrests and Indicts 20-Year-Old for Producing and Selling Sexual Exploitation Videos of a Young Girl

A man in his 20s was indicted for instructing a 9-year-old girl to perform obscene acts, filming the video, and distributing it in a Telegram group chat. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] A man in his 20s who produced child sexual exploitation videos and distributed them in a Telegram group chat has been arrested and indicted.

The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Won-ji) announced on the 17th that they have arrested and indicted A (21), an employee of a confectionery company, on charges of violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse, among other charges.

According to the prosecution, A is accused of producing child sexual exploitation videos three times by instructing a female child (estimated to be 9 years old), whom he met through YouTube on September 6 and 7, 2019, to perform obscene acts via KakaoTalk, and then posting these videos in a Telegram group chat last February.

The prosecution estimated the victim girl's age to be 9 years old.

Additionally, it was investigated that from January 10, 2017, to February 25, 2020, A downloaded a total of 711 obscene materials involving children and juveniles from Twitter and dark web sites and sold them 57 times.

The prosecution plans to strictly handle this case in accordance with the enhanced handling standards of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for offenders producing child sexual exploitation videos.

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