China News Service, January 21. According to Korean media reports, on the 21st local time, Jiang Xun, an accomplice of the principal culprit of "House N" in South Korea, Zhao Zhubin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the first instance.
On the morning of the 21st local time, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Jiang Xun to 15 years in prison and ordered him to undergo a 40-hour sex therapy program.
Jiang Xun was prosecuted for violating laws related to child and adolescent sexual protection.
The "Room N" incident refers to a series of cyber crimes in South Korea.
According to media exposure, some people set up private paid chat groups on the instant messaging platform Telegram to share indecent photos of women, involving rape, serious insults to women, etc., with unsightly images and extremely cruel methods, including minors.
The incident caused an uproar.
"Room N" is operated by multiple people, among which the person who is nicknamed "Doctor" and whose real name is Zhao Zhubin is the most concerned.
Starting in 2019, Zhao Zhubin uploaded a large number of photos of suspected sex crimes in the "doctor's room" and blackmailed the victim.
Zhao Zhubin’s accomplice, Jiang Xun, was only 18 years old and his online name was "Buda". He was mainly responsible for recruiting members for the "Doctor's Room" and also involved in the production and dissemination of sexual exploitation videos.
Data map: Zhao Zhubin, the principal culprit of South Korean "House N".
The judge department stated that the defendant had slaved the youth to spread the distorted sexual culture.
Continue to produce and distribute sexual exploitation videos and pictures, etc., causing irreparable losses (to the victims).
The court also stated that in the process of managing the "doctor's room", Jiang Xun posted advertisements to lure victims and concealed the proceeds of the crime. The circumstances of the crime were very serious.
Although Jiang Xun argued during the trial that the production of sexual exploitation videos and threats to the victims were Zhao Zhubin’s solo crimes, and denied the suspicion of organizing and committing collective crimes, the Ministry of Justice believes that Jiang Xun managed “with known circumstances”. Doctor room", Jiang Xun and Zhao Zhubin conspired for a collusion.
In addition, the Judging Department also sentenced another accomplice, Han, to 11 years in prison.
According to Zhao Zhubin's instructions, Han had committed sexual violence to young victims.
On November 26, 2020, the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea made a first-instance verdict in the case of "Room N", sentenced the principal culprit Zhao Zhubin to 40 years in prison, and classified the criminal group "Room N" as a criminal group.
Subsequently, Zhao Zhubin and the prosecution appealed.
On January 26, 2021, the first public trial of the appeal trial (second instance) will be conducted.
The prosecution also filed additional prosecutions for concealing criminal proceeds.