Police Investigate Years-Long Cases of Female Idol Cyberbullying and Sexual Harassment

Seoul Mapo Police Station logo / Photo by Asia Economy DB

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] The police have launched an investigation into malicious commenters who posted harmful comments and sexually harassed female idol group members over several years.

According to the police on the 14th, the Mapo Police Station in Seoul received a case on the 11th in which Urban Works, the agency representing the victim girl group members, filed a complaint against six unidentified individuals for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, and is currently investigating.

Urban Works stated on their official social media (SNS) account, "We have confirmed numerous malicious posts that insult and defame our artists," and "We have taken legal action against six individuals who have persistently and excessively engaged in such behavior." The accused include three users from the website DC Inside and three users from Ilgan Best (Ilbe).

Among them is a user reportedly who passed the Daejeon local government official recruitment exam at the end of last year. On the 31st of last month, a post titled "Reporting a child sexual offender who passed the Daejeon Grade 9 public official exam" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition website. This petition received over 35,000 endorsements. According to the petition, the successful candidate personally verified the passing notification text for the Daejeon local government official recruitment exam from October last year along with the appointment letter for the local administrative secretary trainee on the website.

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