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Two K-pop singers, South Korean pop music, have been sentenced to long prison terms by a Seoul court for rape. One of them has also been accused of secretly filming his sex and posting these videos on social media. This judgment concludes a part of a huge scandal that has shaken the South Korean entertainment industry since the beginning of the year.
With our correspondent in Seoul , Frédéric Charles
Jung Joon-young, a 30-year-old singer and Korean TV star, was sentenced to 6 years in prison. He is accused of raping several drunk women in 2016, secretly filming the scenes, and sharing these videos on an online messenger.
His friend Choi Jong-hoon, of the FT Island boy band, is sentenced to 5 years in prison for rape. These two singers " were immensely popular, so they should have shown a responsibility worthy of their fame, " said the judges. Jung Joon-young admitted to having filmed the videos but the two men deny all rape.
Judges have shown unusual firmness in a South Korea where justice is often accused of being too lenient towards sex offenders. Cases of "sex-taps" taken without the knowledge of victims are multiplying, making havoc ... but the culprits receive only light sentences.
On Sunday, Goo Hara, a K-pop singer, committed suicide. Her ex-boyfriend had threatened to broadcast videos of their sex ... but she was the victim of an intense online insult campaign.