[단독] “Let’s take care of Kang Won-rae…”

A man who sent a malicious message to singer Kang Won-rae’s wife and broadcaster Kim Song through SNS was sent to the prosecution as an opinion of prosecution. Mr. A, who is in his twenties, is accused of sending an Instagram message to Kim Song last month, saying, “What do you think of committing suicide with Kang Won-rae?” It is pointed out that there is an increasing number of anger from celebrities in the form of’evil comments’ feeling relative deprivation.

The Seoul Gwangjin Police Station announced on the 29th that “A is sent to the prosecution on charges of insults under the Information and Communication Network Act on the 22nd.” Immediately after receiving a complaint from Kim Song on the 7th of last month, the police launched an investigation and identified Mr. A’s identity. At that time, Kim Song revealed the message he received on his Instagram, asking, “How long should I endure it?” “Don’t suffer from caring for people with disabilities. The message that Song received, such as “It’s a waste of taxes,” included expressions of hate and abusive language.

Mr. A is said to have accidentally sent a message after watching Kim Song appear on TV with her husband Kang Won-rae. He is known to have sent a malicious message because he thought that celebrities such as Kim Song appeared on TV and made money easily. Analysis says that a feeling of relative deprivation was expressed in anger when A, who had no job, became difficult to find a part-time job due to Corona 19, etc.

Mr. A said he didn’t usually feel bad about Kim Song or Kang Won-rae. The police identified Mr. A, who had been anonymously engaged in social media activities, and found that the charges were admitted. As a threatening expression caused the fear of’death’ to the victim, Kim Song, the charges of insults and intimidation under the Information and Communication Network Act were applied to Mr. A.

On the 20th, Kang Won-rae met with Ahn Chul-soo, the representative of the National Assembly Party, who declared a run for the Seoul Mayor by-election as a representative small business in Itaewon, Seoul, and said, “K-pop is the best in the world, but Korea’s quarantine seems to be the best in the world.” I was criticized on my back. In the end, he apologized for saying, “The remarks came out of intense emotion.”

In 2019, a man who consistently wrote bad comments to Na-eun Son, a member of the idol group’A Pink’, had similar motives to A. It is said that Son Na-eun’s bad comments were from law school and fell several times during the bar exam, and she started posting bad comments on famous celebrities.

Attorney Kim Jeong-cheol (law firm Woori), who represented Son Na-eun’s complaint, said, “As I kept falling from the exam and it was not resolved well, I felt a relative deprivation to the celebrities and expressed that anger.” I was in the hospital and saw my family, so I was honored.”

According to the Cyber ​​Threat Analysis Report of the National Police Agency, the number of online defamation and insults, mainly “bad comments” and “SNS messages,” reached 16,633 as of 2019. Compared to 2014 when there were 8880 cases, it has doubled. The National Police Agency explained that “as the social media culture is activated, non-face-to-face and anonymity are abused.”

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