2023-10-12 06:01:50
National Police Agency. Hankyoreh file photo
YouTuber Kim Yong-ho (47), a former journalist who appeared on the YouTube channel ‘Garo Vertical Research Institute’, was found dead in a hotel in Busan. Mr. Kim was found guilty in a forcible molestation case trial held at the Eastern Branch of the Busan District Court the day before. At around 12:45 pm on the 12th, a hotel employee found Mr. Kim lying dead on the 4th floor of Hotel A in Haeundae, Busan and reported it to the police. Previously, Mr. Kim’s wife reported to the police this morning, “Her husband said on the phone that he should just die.” The police confirmed that Mr. Kim stayed on the 11th floor of Hotel A through cell phone location tracking, but they were unable to prevent Mr. Kim’s death. The police are investigating the circumstances of Mr. Kim’s death with the bereaved family and hotel staff. Mr. Kim was handed over to trial on charges of forcibly molesting a female employee of an entertainment bar while drinking at her restaurant in Haeundae-gu, Busan, in the early morning of July 2019. Prosecutors requested that Kim be sentenced to one year in prison. Mr. Kim claimed, “There was only light skinship in a friendly atmosphere, but she was not coercive,” but on the 11th, the Eastern Branch of the Busan District Court sentenced Mr. Kim to 8 months in prison, 2 years of probation, 120 hours of community service, and 40 hours of sexual violence treatment lectures. An order to attend classes was issued.
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