China News Service, October 14 According to Korean media reports, on the morning of the 14th, the South Korean Supreme Court sentenced Dr. Zhao (real name Zhao Zhubin), the principal culprit of "House N", to 42 years in prison.
Zhao Zhubin was sentenced to 45 years in the first instance and commuted to 42 years in the second instance.
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. The pictures were unsightly and the methods were extremely cruel, 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 victims.
On November 26, 2020, the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea issued a first-instance verdict on the "Room N" case, 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.
The prosecution also filed additional prosecutions for concealing criminal proceeds.
Zhao Zhubin was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in the first-instance verdict in the suspected concealment of criminal proceeds.
He was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison.