On the 24th, the leader of a group accused of sexually exploiting over 200 men and women for about five years through social media (SNS) platform Telegram was transferred to the prosecution in a detained state.
The Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency transferred A (33), who used the alias 'pastor,' to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office on charges of organizing a criminal group and violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sexual Violence.
At around 8:33 a.m. that day, A, who was released from the detention center of the Seongdong Police Station, boarded a transport vehicle without answering questions from the press, such as 'Do you acknowledge all the facts of the crime?' and 'Aren't you sorry for the victims?'
A is accused of forming an organization called 'self-defense group' and sexually exploiting 234 individuals, including 159 minors, from May 2020 to this month. A is also accused of producing sexual exploitation materials targeting the victims, as well as rape through threats and psychological domination.
The 234 victims are more than three times the number of victims (73) from the 'Doctor's Room' incident in which Cho Ju-bin produced and distributed child and adolescent sexual exploitation materials from 2019 to 2020.
On the 22nd, police held a committee meeting to discuss the public disclosure of A's personal information and plan to decide on the disclosure soon.