Kim Seuie Denies All Charges of Defaming Cho Kuk’s Son

"Denies All Charges"

Kim Seuie, CEO of Garosero Research Institute (Garosero Yeonguso), who was put on trial for defaming the son of Cho Kuk, head of the Innovation Policy Research Institute of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, has completely denied the charges.

Kim Se, CEO of Garosero Research Institute, appeared at the detention hearing (warrant examination) held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on May 26. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 27th, at the first trial for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, presided over by Judge Choi Jiyeon of the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 9, Kim's legal team stated, “We deny all charges.” Attorney Kang Yongseok, who was indicted alongside Kim, explained that he had requested a change of court and would express his position on the charges after a decision on the transfer is made.

Kim and Kang are accused of posting a video on the Garosero Yeonguso YouTube channel in August 2019 containing false information that “Cho Kuk’s son sexually harassed a female student, but his mother, former Dongyang University professor Chung Kyungshim, twisted the situation to make it appear that her son was being bullied.”

The following September, Cho filed a complaint against them, stating, “They spread blatant falsehoods by claiming my son, who had experienced the pain of school violence, was in fact a perpetrator of sexual harassment.”

Prosecutors confirmed that Cho’s son was not a school violence perpetrator, but rather a victim, and charged Kim and Kang without detention this past May, five years and seven months after the complaint was filed.

The court will hold the next trial on October 27 and will hear additional arguments from both sides.

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