Those who created a fake video of the popular girl group Espa and distributed it on Telegram have been fined.

SM Entertainment, the agency, said on the 11th, “We have collected evidence of malicious posts and comments about Espa through fan reports and our own monitoring. Based on this, we are responding by filing a complaint for insult, defamation, and editing and distributing false videos,” adding, “Many of the defendants have been identified and an investigation is underway, and some have been sent to the prosecution and received final dispositions from the court.”

Some of the perpetrators were summarily indicted on charges of distributing false videos (violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes) and received a summary fine order from the court.



Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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