20s Male Reselling 'n번방' Sexual Exploitation Material Sentenced to 3 Years 6 Months in Prison... "Serious Harm to Society"

Cheongju District Court Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Park Hee-eun] A man in his 20s who illegally downloaded and resold child and adolescent sexual exploitation materials from the 'n-bunbang,' a sexual exploitation material sharing chatroom, has been sentenced to prison.

On the 21st, Chief Judge Kim Ryong of Criminal Division 4 at Cheongju District Court announced that A (21), who was indicted in custody for violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

Additionally, he was ordered to complete 80 hours of a sexual violence treatment program and was banned from employment at institutions related to children, adolescents, and persons with disabilities for 7 years. A fine of 18.61 million won was also imposed. A appealed the ruling.

Chief Judge Kim stated, "Considering that the defendant gained considerable profits from selling sexual exploitation materials and attempted to conceal the crime, a severe punishment is inevitable."

He added, "Once child and adolescent sexual exploitation materials are distributed, complete deletion is difficult, and there is a high possibility of inducing other sexual crimes, causing serious harm to society."

Earlier, A was prosecuted for reselling child and adolescent sexual exploitation materials illegally distributed in the Telegram sexual exploitation material sharing chatrooms 'n-bunbang' and 'Baksa-bang' from November last year to February this year.

Investigations revealed that the number of sexual exploitation videos collected by A during this period reached approximately 3,800.

Moreover, A resold sexual exploitation videos via Telegram 176 times, earning about 14 million won.

To conceal these crimes, it was found that A used a proxy bank account.