There is a prospect that a penalty of up to 100 million won may be imposed under the relevant law for MBC TV's 'Oh Eun-young Report-Marriage Hell', which was controversial about sexual harassment of a stepdaughter.
According to the Korea Communications Standards Commission, a total of 3,729 complaints from viewers regarding the broadcast of 'Marriage Hell' (broadcast on December 19), where sexual harassment controversy arose until yesterday (26th) morning.
In addition to the broadcast, this program has received a lot of complaints over the past month (November 26-December 25), recording first place in complaint reception.
The 2nd to 5th places in complaint reception during this period were MBN's 'High School Mom and Dad', TBS FM's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory', TBS FM 'Newly Opened Business', and MBC TV's 'MBC News Desk'.
As the controversy over the contents of the broadcast grows, such as the rapid increase in civil complaints, the possibility of a speedy deliberation on 'marriage hell' is being raised as soon as the new year comes after the break period of this week.
In this case, the Broadcasting Review Subcommittee of the National Guard is expected to decide the level of sanctions after hearing the opinions of the production team.
Under the current Broadcasting Act, Article 100 Paragraph 1 (main text) and Subparagraph 3 of the same Paragraph, if a broadcasting company, etc. violates the deliberation regulations on the protection of sound family life, protection of children and youth, and the formation of a sound character, up to 50 million won It imposes fines and orders disciplinary action against the person concerned.
Regarding this, an official from the Korea Communications Commission said, "First of all, we are watching to see whether the Censorship Committee will urgently review the case or what decision it will make." .
Rep. Yoon Doo-hyun (People's Power), a member of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, said, "The National Security Council must quickly and actively review this issue." It is necessary to more actively examine whether there is a possibility of violating Article 100, Paragraph 3,” he urged.
Previously, the 20th episode of 'Marriage Hell', which aired on the 19th of this month, aired the 'Go-Stop Couple' episode, which contains the worries of remarried families.
In this broadcast, the storyteller's husband made excessive physical contact with his 7-year-old stepdaughter.
Her husband did things like stabbing her in the ass or hugging her but not letting go even when her stepdaughter refused her doctor.
As public opinion deteriorated, such as the cancellation of the program, Dr. Oh Eun-young, a major performer, said, "My opinion was not sufficiently reflected in the broadcast, so there were parts that were delivered differently than I intended." It is a very devastating feeling,” he said.
After that, it was announced that 'Marriage Hell' would be absent for the next two weeks.
(Photo = Provided by MBC, Yonhap News)