Police have referred YouTuber Jeon Han-gil, a former Korean history lecturer, to the Prosecution Service over allegations of spreading false information, including claims about "North Korean military involvement in the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising" and "President Lee Jae Myung’s alleged extramarital child."
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Metropolitan Investigation Division’s Metropolitan Crime Investigation Team announced on the 2nd that they had transferred Jeon to the Seoul Central District Prosecution Service on the 30th of last month for violating the Special Act on the May 18 Democratization Movement (May 18 Democratization Movement Act).
Jeon is accused of disseminating falsehoods on his YouTube channel "Jeon Han-gil News" since last year, stating, "The May 18 Uprising was an insurrection led by Kim Dae-jung’s faction and North Korea."
In April, civic groups—Financial Damage Victims Solidarity, Predatory Economy Action, and Citizens’ Action for Upright Judicial Justice—filed a complaint against Jeon with the police. The complainants argued that Jeon had spread the North Korean military involvement theory as if it were factual.
Article 8 of the May 18 Democratization Movement Act stipulates that spreading false information about the May 18 Democratization Movement via information networks can result in imprisonment of up to five years or a fine of up to 50 million Korean won.
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