Prosecution Seeks Life Sentence for ‘GodGod’ Moon Hyung-wook, Operator of ‘n번방’

On May 18th, Moon Hyung-wook, the operator of the Telegram chatroom 'Nth Room' known as 'GodGod,' is leaving the Andong Police Station in Andong City, Gyeongbuk, before being sent to the prosecution. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Moon Hyung-wook (24, university student), the operator of the Telegram chatroom ‘n-beonbang’, known as ‘GodGod’, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

At the sentencing hearing held on the 12th at the Andong Branch of Daegu District Court for Moon’s violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse, the prosecution requested life imprisonment, stating, “The defendant committed the crimes meticulously and deliberately to satisfy personal desires, resulting in numerous victims and continuous harm through the distribution of videos.”

The prosecution also requested the court to impose probation, electronic monitoring, and employment restrictions.

Earlier, on June 5, the prosecution indicted Moon on 12 charges including violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse and special injury.

Investigations revealed that from January 2017 to early this year, he coerced 21 child and adolescent victims to film sexual exploitation videos themselves over 1,200 times, then received, produced, and possessed these videos.

He is also accused of threatening the parents of three victimized youths from September 2018 to March 2019 by threatening to distribute sexual exploitation videos.

From February 2019 to last January, Moon is charged with distributing over 3,700 sexual exploitation videos through the ‘n-beonbang’ chatroom he created under the nickname ‘GodGod’.

Additionally, he was charged with conspiring with six accomplices to sexually assault or engage in similar sexual acts with children and adolescents, producing sexual exploitation videos or attempting to do so.

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