정보통신망이용촉진및정보보호등에관한법률위반(명예훼손)등
The judgment of the court below is reversed.
Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 4,000,000.
The above fine shall not be paid by the defendant.
Summary of Grounds for Appeal
Of the facts charged in the instant case, the violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. (Defamation) and the offense subject to prosecution is respectively committed and the offense subject to prosecution. Since the victim D expressed his/her intent not to be punished before the judgment of the court below, this part of the prosecution should be dismissed. However, the judgment of the court below convicts the Defendant.
On June 26, 2011, the summary of the facts charged and the violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. (Defamation) by the lower court’s judgment, the Defendant posted a notice on the bulletin board of “Neart E”, an Internet site, “Dran E, which was sent from the Internet site, was tweeted.” Moreover, from around that time to August 9, 2012, the Defendant damaged the reputation of the victim D by revealing publicly false facts via an information and communications network for the purpose of slandering 19 times in total, as shown in attached Table I.
Around January 18, 2012, the Defendant posted a statement on “D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H
The lower court found the Defendant guilty of this part of the facts charged and the remainder of the facts charged as indicated in the judgment below based on the evidence of the judgment below, and sentenced one punishment on the ground that each of the above crimes constitutes substantive concurrent crimes.
Article 70 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. (Defamation) shall be applied to a violation of the same Act.