[Exclusive] Warrant Denied for Community Search of Author Who Posted 'Threatening Post Against Han Dong-hoon'

Search Warrant Denied to Identify Poster
"No Apparent Grounds for Suspicion"

The search warrant requested by the police for the online community 'DC Inside,' where threatening posts against Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People Power Party, were posted, was dismissed.

Handonghun, the leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 14th. Photo by Kim Hyunmin kimhyun81@

On the 16th, the Mapo Police Station in Seoul announced that the search warrant applied for against DC Inside was dismissed.

On the 11th at around 9:15 PM, the Mapo Police Station received a 112 report stating that a post threatening physical harm to Representative Han had been uploaded on an online community. The next day, on the 12th, they applied for a search warrant against the community to identify the author of the post. The police planned to transfer the case to the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for further investigation once the warrant was issued.

A police official stated, "The warrant application was dismissed on the grounds that there appeared to be no charges," adding, "We cannot disclose specific details."