Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 1,000,000.

When the defendant does not pay the above fine, 100,000 won.

Punishment of the crime

The Defendant was a reporter of “D” (hereinafter referred to as “D”) located in the fifth floor of the Gangnam-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government C building.

1. On January 2015, the Defendant damaged the Victim G’s reputation by openly pointing out false facts by stating that “G compilation head and H were in inhumanity relations” to the employee of the same workplace, although the fact in the F teahouse located near Gangnam-gu, Seoul, was not a H inhumanity relationship, which was a employee of the same company, of the victim G, who was a workplace employee of the same company.

2. Around 16:00 on January 19, 2015, the Defendant damaged the Victim G’s reputation by openly pointing out false facts by stating that “G compilation chief and H were in inhumanity relations, even though the fact was not inhumanity relationship with H, a workplace employee G, was an employee of the same company.”

Summary of Evidence

1. Each legal statement of witness I, K and G;

1. The police statement concerning G;

1. Each written complaint, I, and K;

1. Application of statutes, such as a letter;

1. Relevant Article 307 (2) of the Criminal Act concerning facts constituting an offense and Article 307 (2) of the Selection of Punishment;

1. Of concurrent crimes, the former part of Article 37, Articles 38 (1) 2 and 50 of the Criminal Act;

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

1. Article 334 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Act of the provisional payment order;