Police Clear Kang Hyung-wook Couple of Unauthorized Employee Messenger Access Charges

"Difficult to Find Grounds for Charges, Case Dropped"

The police have dismissed charges against dog trainer Kang Hyeong-wook and his wife, who were accused of unauthorized access to the company's internal messenger.

On the 6th, the Cyber Investigation Unit 1 of the Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency announced that Kang and his wife, Susan Elder, who had been investigated for violating the Information and Communications Network Act, were cleared of charges and the case was dropped on the 5th.

A police official explained, "After verifying the facts through investigation of related parties and analysis of evidence, and considering that the administrator side had legitimate access rights according to the terms of service, it was difficult to find any grounds for charges, so the decision was made to drop the case."

Earlier, in May of last year, former employees of Bodeum Company, operated by Kang, filed a complaint with the police alleging that Kang and his wife had engaged in workplace power abuse, including unauthorized access to employees' internal messenger messages.

In response, Kang and his wife posted an explanatory video on YouTube acknowledging the access to the internal messenger. Kang's spouse, Susan Elder, said regarding the messenger access, "When the company messenger was converted to a paid service, an administrator function was added. I tried not to look because it felt like snooping into someone else's diary, but I saw male employees, the CEO, and my son using hateful expressions commonly found in certain communities to insult others. I thought, 'This needs to be addressed,' so I posted a company-wide notice."

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