Koo Bon-chang (58), who was charged with defamation by running an online site 'Bad Fathers' that disclosed the details of parents who do not pay child support, was convicted in the second trial.
The 1st Criminal Division of the Suwon High Court (Chief Judge Yoon Seong-shik) overturned the original trial that acquitted Goo, who was charged with violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. was deferred.
Deferred sentence is a judgment in which the sentence of a sentence for a minor offense has been withheld for a certain period of time, and then the sentence is deemed to have been acquitted (the right to prosecute is lost and not prosecuted).
The court pointed out, "It is true that the issue related to child support payment is a matter of public interest, not individual bonds and debts."
He continued, "If private sanctions are allowed without restrictions, it can infringe on an individual's privacy or personal right." We have to question whether such information is necessary for this purpose.”
Goo was indicted on charges of defaming an individual by disclosing personal information, including photos of faces of people who were informed that they were parents who were not paying child support, on the Bad Fathers site. All persons were acquitted and "the defendant's activities can be viewed as for the public good"He acquitted Goo.