Gwangju "Schoolgirl Stabbing" Hero Mocked by Netizen Booked for Defamation

Surviving Male Student Mocked as "Fugitive"
16 Additional Malicious Posts Detected

A netizen who mocked a male student as a "fugitive" after he was seriously injured while helping the victim during the Gwangju high school girl stabbing incident has been promptly booked by the police.

The Cybercrime Investigation Unit of the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency announced on May 14 that it had booked Mr. A on charges of defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, among other offenses.

General view of Gwangju Police Agency.

Mr. A is accused of mocking and insulting the surviving male victim by calling him a "fugitive" in the comments section of online news related to the incident, in which one female high school student was killed and one male high school student was seriously injured.

Earlier, as part of a crackdown on secondary offenses related to this case, the police detected 16 additional malicious posts and requested their deletion and blocking from relevant agencies. For cases where criminal suspicion is clear, the police plan to promptly identify and book the perpetrators as they did with Mr. A.

The police will establish a cooperation system with relevant agencies such as the Korea Communications Commission to monitor secondary harmful posts in real time.

Meanwhile, on this day, the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency referred the suspect, Jang Yunki (23), to the prosecution on charges including murder, attempted murder, and preparation for murder. In addition, the agency released Jang Yunki's personal information on its official website.

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