"37 mutilated bodies were found in Korea": Anti-Korean YouTuber with 960,000 subscribers to be stripped of criminal profits

According to Financial News, a YouTuber who spread false information such as claims that numerous mutilated lower bodies had been found in Korea has been handed over to prosecutors.
The Cyber Investigation Division, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, announced on the 5th that a man in his 30s, identified by the surname Cho, was sent to the prosecution without detention on March 13 on charges of violating the Framework Act on Telecommunications.
Police also applied for a pre-indictment preservation order to confiscate approximately 2,421 dollars (about 3.5 million won) in criminal proceeds that Cho allegedly earned through his YouTube videos.
Cho is active in Japan as a YouTuber under the name "Daebojjang," and his channel has 960,000 subscribers.
He is accused of posting a video on his YouTube channel on October 22 last year that contained claims such as, "Thirty-seven bodies consisting only of the lower half were found in Korea, and there are as many as 150 undisclosed investigations," and "The number of missing persons in the Republic of Korea has reached 80,000," thereby spreading false information.
The video also carried assertions that murders and organ trafficking crimes in Korea had surged after Chinese nationals were allowed visa-free entry.
In November last year, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) defined Cho's actions as a "serious act of harming the national interest" and ordered the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency to launch an investigation.
Afterward, Cho defended himself on his YouTube channel, saying, "I have never tried to incite conflict or spread fake news," and claimed, "I only introduced information and comments that were already posted on the internet."
He went on to say, "I submitted all the comments and evidence showing that, thanks to me, people in Japan are viewing Korea more favorably. My lawyer also said, 'The fact that this is even being investigated is strange,'" expressing a sense of injustice.
The police stated that while freedom of expression must be respected, they will respond strictly to intentional or clearly false dissemination of information.
moon@fnnews.com Moon Young-jin Reporter