The Seoul Central District Court had ruled recently on 16th June that the 2 securities company staff who allegedly contributed to actress Choi Jin Shil’s death by posting vicious online rumors about her, will have to serve 120 hours of community service as punishment. In the aftermath of Ahn Jae Hwan's suicide last September, the 2 securities company staff had posted online rumors that Choi Jin Shil was linked to loan sharks and had lent billions of won to the former, and ultimately causing Ahn to commit suicide. The fake rumors became a source of great burden to Choi Jin Shil, with many netizens falling for the rumor and actually believing it to be true. This was widely believed to be the main motive for her commiting suicide later on. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that the 2 securities company staff were guilty of defaming one's name and under the cyber defamation law recently passed, the man (35) and woman (known as Baek) were sentenced to 2 years probation and ordered to serve 120 hours of community service. Their sentence will begin this October. The judge in charge of the case expressed, "Although the 2 of them claimed they had no idea that they were spreading rumors, and had no intention of defaming anyone, we felt that they already knew that it was just rumors and were actually working together to spread the news. We thus decide to sentence them based on the legal constitution." Only 120 hours of community service? Sad case indeed.
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