Defendant shall be punished by a fine of two million won.

If the defendant fails to pay the above fine, 50,000 won shall be one day.

Punishment of the crime

Defendant,

1. On February 23, 2012, at a PC room where the name in Seocho-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government Seocho-gu is unknown, a letter stating that “B” online portal site “B” online portal site “B” bulletin board is “D. of a person with a character without conscience, who purchased a doctoral degreer before one’s husband and wife as first love.”

2. 2012. 2. 24. 서울 서초구 서초동에 있는 상호를 알 수 없는 PC방에서 그곳에 있는 컴퓨터를 이용하여 위 카페 자유게시판에 ‘D 구속결사대 자성화의 너무도 무서운 인간성에, (중간 생략) 어린 자식과 남편 앞에서 C박사님을 첫사랑이라고 매달리는 정도의 뻔뻔하고 파렴치함은 일도 아닌, 부끄러움이라고는 모르는 정신소유의 성격파탄자이니 여러분도 조심하시기 바랍니다.’라는 글을 게시함으로써, 비방할 목적으로 정보통신망을 통하여 공공연하게 거짓의 사실을 드러내어 피해자 D의 명예를 훼손하였다.

Summary of Evidence

1. Partial statement of the defendant;

1. Police suspect interrogation protocol of the accused;

1. Statement made to D by the police;

1. Application of the Acts and subordinate statutes to the complaint;

1. Article 70 (2) of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. and Selection of a fine concerning criminal facts;

1. Of concurrent crimes, the former part of Article 37 and Article 38 (1) 2 of the Criminal Act;

1. Articles 70 and 69 (2) of the Criminal Act for the detention of a workhouse;

1. Judgment on the Defendant’s assertion under Article 334(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act

1. The expression in the holding of the gist of the claim is merely a non-relicative expression on the basis of written comments posted on the Internet bulletin board around 2006. Furthermore, the Defendant’s purpose was only to defame the victim who slandered C doctoral degree, thereby harming the public interest. Therefore, the Defendant ought to be acquitted.

2. Any expressive act on the board.