"Lawyer Who Claimed Baek Jong-won Is the King of Illegal and Unfair Practices... Fined 3 Million Won for Defamation"

Court: "Defendant's Claims Distort the Facts"

A lawyer in his 30s who posted a post online criticizing Baek Jong-won, CEO of Theborn Korea, was sentenced to a fine.

On the 21st, Judge Jung Won of Criminal Division 11 at the Seoul Eastern District Court recently sentenced lawyer A (32), who was indicted for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. (defamation), to a fine of 3 million won.

In June 6, 2020, A posted an article titled "A representative case showing that Korean people are vulnerable to agitation" on an online community, claiming that "Baek Jong-won is the king of illegal and irregular methods," and "CEO Baek operated his business by dominating commercial districts by selling food at prices lower than the actual cost and then raising prices again."

The court stated, "Based on the materials submitted by the defendant alone, it is difficult to see that CEO Baek used a business method of dominating commercial districts with a low-price strategy and then raising prices to secure profits. This claim contradicts the general evaluation consumers have of CEO Baek's business," and ruled, "The defendant's claim is merely a malicious criticism that distorts the facts."

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