Prosecutor Demands 8-Month Sentence for YouTube Spy Claim

The prosecutor asked for an eight-month jail term for a YouTube content creator who alleged that Kim Hee-young, head of the T&C Foundation and girlfriend of SK Group CEO Chey Tae-won, worked as a Chinese intelligence agent.

Judge Kwon Min-jeong from the Criminal Division 6 of the Seoul Eastern District Court conducted the initial hearing on the 11th for Park, a man in his 50s, who has been brought to court charged with defamation via misleading information under the Information and Communications Network Act. Park had previously received an indictment without being detained in April.

Park is charged with disseminating misleading information, such as claiming on his YouTube channel last year that Kim was highly likely to be a Chinese spy.

The prosecutor asked the court to impose an 8-month jail term on Park, saying, "The accused made unfounded and unreasonable statements and posted videos of those comments, which worsened the severity of the offense."

Park confessed to all the allegations.

The trial judgment for Park is scheduled for the 9th day of the following month.

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Supreme Court Confirms 5-Year Sentence for Jagyeongdan Missionary

On the 11th, the Supreme Court approved a five-year jail term for a woman charged with producing explicit content involving sexual abuse and engaging in acts akin to rape against a child, during her involvement with 'Jagyeongdan,' South Korea's most extensive sex trafficking organization.

The Third Division of the Supreme Court (led by Chief Justice Oh Seok-jun) confirmed the decision made by the lower court, dismissing the appeal filed by Defendant Ms. A regarding allegations of membership in or managing a criminal group and breaching the Child and Adolescent Protection Act (which includes producing materials related to child sexual abuse).

Jagyeongdan was a pyramid scheme operating through Telegram, established in 2020 under the leadership of Kim Nok-wan. The organization gathered personal details from people who shared images of their bodies on social platforms, women who sought arranged meetups, and males attempting to access Telegram's 'Acquaintance Humiliation Room.' Victims were coerced into providing explicit photographs, which were subsequently utilized for producing and spreading sexually abusive content. It has been discovered that Kim Nok-wan was involved in several real-life sexual attacks as well. With 261 victims, including children, this figure surpasses triple the amount seen in the "Doctor’s Room" incident headed by Cho Joo-bin, which had 73 victims.

Kim Nok-wan, who called himself a 'pastor,' gave titles such as 'missionary' and 'potential missionary' to followers while engaging in acts of sexual exploitation. Ms. A, serving as a missionary within Jagyeongdan, was charged with creating child pornography and attempting rape against a male underage victim.

The initial and subsequent court proceedings resulted in Ms. A receiving a sentence of five years in jail along with three years under supervised release. Throughout the legal process, Ms. A asserted, "I was simply an instrument forced by Kim Nok-wan's intimidation and had no intention of participating in criminal activities," however, the highest judicial authority dismissed this claim. The ruling emphasized, "Her involvement in linking victims to Kim Nok-wan played a central and crucial role in the sexual exploitation offenses," acknowledging her as a joint offender due to her direct actions like generating explicit content for certain individuals.

Nevertheless, the Supreme Court found Ms. A not guilty of being part of a criminal organization, determining that Jagyeongdan did not have enough structural organization to qualify as a criminal group according to the Criminal Act. The court supported the previous decision, noting, "No proof exists that Jagyeongdan was capable of systematically committing crimes independently of Kim Nok-wan."

In the initial and subsequent trials related to the Jagyeongdan incident, Kim Nok-wan was sentenced to life in prison. He has filed an appeal against the decision from the second trial, and the Supreme Court is now examining the matter.

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Rivers School Proprietress Charged in Teen Assault Case

PORT HARCOURT – The owner of Phronesis Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, Mrs. Orjiugo Udeala, has appeared in front of a magistrate court in Port Harcourt following accusations of assaulting a 16-year-old pupil.

Udeala appeared in court on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, before the Rumuepirikom (Kala) Police Division under the Rivers State Police Command, facing two charges related to conspiracy and causing injury through assault.

As per the document labeled REMC 94C/2026 and authored by CSP Ahmed Abubakar Umar, the accused together with an individual who remains at large are said to have planned, on June 8, 2026, at the School situated on NTA Road, Rumokwuta, within the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, to carry out an attack resulting in injury.

The prosecutor added that Udeala and her co-conspirator illegally attacked a 16-year-old pupil named Gift Nwala Onyeche, beating him with a stick and striking his ears and head, resulting in physical injury.

They further revealed that these offenses are subject to penalties outlined in Sections 516(A) and 355 of the Criminal Code, Chapter 37, Volume II, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999.

The accused woman declared her innocence when the allegations were presented in court.

In the meantime, Presiding Magistrate Charles Wobisike Akpeh has approved bail for the accused person amounting to ₦100,000, along with one guarantor also in the same amount, who needs to live within the court's area of authority.

However, Akpeh postponed the case until August 10, 2026, for additional proceedings.

Our reporter learned that an activist group called Lawyers Watch for Justice International Initiative has been monitoring the case closely, starting from the initial stages of the police investigation through to the defendant's appearance in court.

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