President Lee Jaemyung: "Spreading False Information for Fun Could Leave a Deeply Regrettable Stain on Your Life"

President Lee Jaemyung stressed, regarding the case involving the spread of false information about victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military, that "spreading false information to attract attention or for fun can leave a major stain on your life that you will deeply regret."

President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a summit with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Blue House on the 29th. Yonhap News Agency

President Lee said this on X (formerly Twitter) on the afternoon of October 29: "Spreading false information is a crime. The police have formed a dedicated team and are conducting an intensive investigation into false information intended to incite distrust and confrontation."

He added, "It is highly likely that this was done without knowing any better, but a crime is not excused just because someone did not know it was a crime, so I hope people will be careful."

President Lee shared an article reporting that the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency had booked without detention a university student in their 20s, identified as A, on suspicion of posting false information online denigrating victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military.

A, a university student living in Seoul, reportedly used a computer to post denigrating false statements about the victims on various internet sites 211 times from July 4 to 6, including "comfort women are perpetrators who sold their bodies," "comfort women are illegal sex sellers," and "8·15 is Bomb Day."

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