Malicious online commentator fined

Published on 2011/10/03 | Source

A Seoul district court ordered a man, 47, to pay a 2 million won fine for posting unconfirmed malicious rumors about TV personality Lee Kyung-shil on the Internet.

The man, surnamed Lee, has been indicted on charges of defamation with dissemination of false facts on the Internet.

In April, he posted rumors that the comedian divorced her husband and remarried after having an extramarital affair with a gang member.

"The sentence took into account the fact that the nature of his crime is very serious and she endured a considerable degree of psychological affliction as a well-known entertainer", the court said in the ruling.