Man gets 1-year prison term for defaming Sewol ferry, Itaewon crush victims
A man accused of posting false information about the victims and bereaved families of the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking and the Itaewon crowd crush in 2022 was sentenced to one year in prison Monday. The Seoul Western District Court handed down the sentence to the man, known only by his surname Kang, after convicting him of defamation. Kang, in his 50s, was arrested and indicted on charges of writing…
A man, identified only as Kang, has been sentenced to one year in prison for defamation after posting false and insulting information about victims and bereaved families of the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking and the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, according to Seoul Western District Court. Kang, in his 50s, was charged with writing such posts on his blog since 2021, alleging that the Itaewon disaster was an organized event and that the bereaved families of the Sewol ferry sinking were the same as those of the Itaewon disaster.
The court ruled that the defendant's baseless claims caused distress to the bereaved families and misled the public. The Sewol ferry capsized on April 16, 2014, killing 304 people, mostly high school students from Ansan, near Seoul. Meanwhile, the Itaewon crowd crush in October resulted in 159 deaths.
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