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THE FOLLOWING FILM CONTAINS
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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Official YIFY movies site:
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INCLUDING AGAINST MINORS,
WHICH MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS
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TO PROTECT THE VICTIMS,
ALL EXPLICIT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
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IN THE FILM HAVE BEEN REENACTED,
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WHILE TEXT MESSAGES
AND SPECIFIC LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED
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FREE SHIPPING
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NEW MESSAGE
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GODGOD
YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING GODGOD
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YOUR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN LEAKED
CHECK THE LINK BELOW
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WHAT? STOP JOKING AROUND LOL
WHO ARE YOU?
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I'M SERIOUS… I'M LETTING YOU KNOW
BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU
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THESE ARE PRIVATE PHOTOS
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DO YOU KNOW
WHO UPLOADED THESE PHOTOS?
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DAEUN GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL
9TH GRADE, CLASS 2, PARK SO-RA
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HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
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HEY SO-RA, DO AS I SAY OR I'LL SEND
THE PHOTOS TO EVERYONE AT SCHOOL
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WHAT?
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INSTALL TELEGRAM AND LOG IN
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WHAT'S TELEGRAM?
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JUST INSTALL IT
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TELEGRAM
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DOWNLOAD
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TELEGRAM
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MY FILES, TELEGRAM, TWITTER
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4TH ROOM
GODGOD IS TYPING
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LIVE SLAVE SHOW
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WE HAVE A NEW SLAVE GUYS LOL
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GODGOD'S SLAVE SHOW BEGINS
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THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN
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PARK SO-RA HAS JOINED TELEGRAM
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TODAY
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YOUR HOME ADDRESS
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1522-8932, HAGIK-DONG, INCHEON
YOUR DAD'S PHONE NUMBER 010-2674-XXXX
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I'M SURE YOUR DAD AND YOUR FRIENDS
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE PHOTOS
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PARK SO-RA IS TYPING…
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I'LL DO AS YOU SAY.
PLEASE DON'T SEND THE PHOTOS
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TAKE A NAKED PHOTO OF YOURSELF
DON'T COVER YOUR FACE
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IF YOU DON'T ANSWER IN 10 SECONDS,
I'M SENDING OUT THE PHOTOS LOL
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PARK SO-RA: PLEASE…
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R U FOR REAL? I SAID NUDES
WANT ME TO SEND THE FUCKING PHOTOS?
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PARK SO-RA: PLEASE DON'T
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SEND MORE
I'LL GIVE YOU 5 SECONDS
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Dozens of victims, including minors,
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were blackmailed
into filming sexual videos…
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Created sexually exploitative videos
of minors…
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-via Telegram…
-via Telegram…
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-The Nth Room…
-The Nth Room…
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-The Nth Room…
-The Nth Room case…
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SEND THE PHOTOS IN 5 SECONDS
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JOINED THE GROUP USING THE INVITE LINK
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The victims' personal info
was used to force them to comply.
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10TH AND 11TH ROOMS HAVE BEEN HARD FORKED
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TELEGRAM AND THE NTH ROOMS
ROSE TO PROMINENCE
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KIM WAN, JOURNALIST
THE HANKYOREH
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It was a Sunday morning.
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I was having a relaxing Sunday,
playing with my kids.
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How can you lose to him?
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I was also thinking about
what articles I wanted to write
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the following week.
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But I suddenly got a call from work
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and was asked to check the tip-off
we had received via email.
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REPORTING THE DISTRIBUTION
OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON TELEGRAM
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THE HANKYOREH
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Back then, I had no idea something
like that was happening on Telegram,
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and I couldn't figure out why this person
would send us such a tip-off.
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Honestly, I wasn't even sure if this
was something that was worth following up.
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The Internet and child pornography
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had already been
a major issue for some time.
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So I was doubtful
whether it was actually newsworthy.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRL
MOANING IN FRONT OF HER COUSIN
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#LOLI #ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12-YEAR-OLD SLEEPING, SO HOT
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It was a Sunday,
and only a few people were at work.
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So I thought I'd work on it
that day and be done with it.
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That's what I had in mind
when I started covering it.
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REPORTING THE DISTRIBUTION
OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON TELEGRAM
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REPORTING PARK CHAN-SU, A JUNIOR AT
A FOREIGN LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL,
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WHO DISTRIBUTED
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON TELEGRAM
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3 ATTACHMENTS
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The informant stated that
a high school student
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was continuously
distributing child pornography
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in a Telegram chat room
that had around 9,000 members.
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The informant even gave me the details,
everything from the IP that was used…
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down to the exact address
of the perpetrator's location.
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I was told that the perpetrator was
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attending a foreign language
high school in Incheon.
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As he was attending
a prestigious high school,
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it was highly likely
that he was regarded as a model student.
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That fact seemed to set the story
apart from other similar cases,
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so I ran the story that night.
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EXCLUSIVE: SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
CIRCULATING ON TELEGRAM
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ASSUMED TO BE RUN BY TEENS
19,000 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY LINKS SHARED
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At first, I thought a report regarding
the Telegram chat room run by teens
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used to share and distribute pornography,
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and the news of the main suspect
being arrested the next day
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would have been the end of the story.
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INBOX
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YOU'VE BEEN DOXXED LOL
CHECK TELEGRAM
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THEY HAVE YOUR PERSONAL INFO
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CHECK THE LINK BELOW
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THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING YOUR PERSONAL INFO
IN A TELEGRAM CHAT ROOM
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A few people told me
that my personal info was being leaked
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THE HANKYOREH REPORTER KIM WAN
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EXCLUSIVE, MY ASS
HE JUST STOLE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK
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AND MAKES HEADLINE NEWS LOL
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I was confused
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and was quite taken aback
by what was happening.
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REPORTER KIM WAN IS
AN ILBE MEMBER AND A PEDOPHILE
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It began with my photos.
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The ones you can find
when you look my name up,
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so I thought it wasn't a big deal.
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But there were photos of my children too.
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So my family and I began
to get very anxious and worried.
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CHOCO: WE'VE GOT HIS FACEBOOK
NONO: LOL
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HOHOHONG: BASED
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EVENT: CATCH WAN
NOVEMBER 11, 2019 - INDEFINITELY
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EVENT: CATCH WAN
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FIND OUT HIS DATE OF BIRTH, THE NAMES OF
HIS WIFE AND KIDS, OR THEIR PHONE NUMBERS
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PRIZE: A CHANCE TO ORDER A SLAVE
TO TAKE 1 PHOTO THAT YOU WANT
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The fact that an anonymous group of people
was launching an attack against me
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really stressed me out.
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OH YEON-SEO, JOURNALIST
THE HANKYOREH
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At a meeting, we were told
that a new task force would be formed
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with Wan as the leader
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and that about two people
would be working with him on that team.
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I didn't volunteer to join the team
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and I didn't think
I'd be asked to join them.
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I never thought I'd be
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a part of that task force.
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To be honest, I was scared
because I saw them getting hold of
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and distributing Wan's personal info
after he published that story.
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I understood very well
how important this task was
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but I was afraid to jump on it.
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But at the same time, I was intrigued.
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I had mixed feelings about it initially,
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but because Wan
is such a competent reporter,
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I thought I could just ride his coattails.
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I didn't take the job
that seriously at first
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when I heard that I'd be working with him.
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After going through everything,
I was most shocked by the fact
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that the photos and videos of the victims
were shared in the chat room
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along with the photos that were taken
in front of the victims' homes.
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Like, this is where so-and-so lives.
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I believe that the purpose of those acts
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was to show off how much control
they had over the victims' lives.
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I found that very horrific.
That was what shocked me the most.
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The task force was formed
last year on November 13.
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I still remember the date.
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I joined the Telegram chat rooms
and started monitoring them.
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A lot of people who had read
our article sent us numerous emails
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saying we should look into Baksa Rooms
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and how that was the worst of them all.
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A TIP-OFF ABOUT BAKSA
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YOU'RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE
BAKSA IS THE REAL DEAL
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KIM WAN, YOU LOSER
YOU NEED TO GO AFTER BAKSA!
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BAKSA IS THE EVIL MASTERMIND BEHIND IT ALL
LOOK INTO HIM
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BAKSA
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That's when I thought
I should look into the Baksa Rooms.
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When I was wondering how
I should go about covering Baksa,
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someone called "Joker" emailed me.
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NEW
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We were cautious about contacting him
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because I knew my personal info
was circulating in their chat rooms.
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Plus, it was difficult to determine
whether or not he was really an informant.
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We called him on our office phone,
and he said he was in Daegu.
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He asked us to meet him
in front of a subway station.
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We believed that Baksa's men
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could be among those
who contacted us with a tip-off.
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So we had to be more careful
when meeting people offline.
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We were nervous that they might
bring others along when meeting us.
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So we only communicated via email
and we even told him in the emails
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what we would be wearing
on the day of the meet-up.
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Then Wan and I went to Daegu to meet him.
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BANWOLDANG STATION
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We decided to meet
at one of the exits of Banwoldang station.
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BANWOLDANG STATION
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Joker said he'd be wearing
a white puffer jacket.
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I was wearing a gray coat,
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but I told him I'd be wearing a black one.
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I told Yeon-seo that if something happens…
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For instance, Baksa's men
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could potentially attack us
and physically harm us.
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So I told Yeon-seo to keep her distance
while l evaluate the situation.
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I was trying to look at
what was going on while hiding.
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To see if he brought someone along
and if he was actually an informant.
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But, incidentally, while we were waiting,
there was a minor car accident.
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So there was a huge fuss
right in front of the station.
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People gathered asking
if people were okay and stuff.
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So we were thinking, "What do we do?"
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From his outward appearance…
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Criminals don't always
look like obvious criminals,
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but he looked too ordinary
like an average young man
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you'd see on the streets.
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He couldn't even look us in the eye.
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So we all went to a cafe to talk.
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JOKER
WHISTLE-BLOWER
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In the world of Telegram,
Baksa was a god-like figure.
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I sent Wan an email
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telling him about
the types of chat rooms there were.
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JOURNALIST KIM WAN, SUBSCRIBE
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Joker first contacted us saying that
someone he knew was a victim of Baksa.
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So, as a journalist,
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I thought I would be able to
interview a victim.
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Someone I knew contacted me.
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She said she was in some kind of trouble
and wanted to meet up, so we did.
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Then she told me about everything
she had been going through, crying.
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She told me about
those chat rooms and everything else.
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That's why I joined one of those rooms.
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The first thing I saw there
were nude photos,
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and they were watermarked.
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BAKSA
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CERTIFIED BY BAKSA
BAKSA'S SLAVE
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It was like how people
add watermarks in photos or videos
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for copyright purposes.
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Baksa did it to show people
that he was the one
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who created the content he was sharing.
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It'd say "Baksa"
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or "Baksa's victim."
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Some of them said "slave."
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BAKSA'S SLAVE
CERTIFIED BAKSA'S SLAVE
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BAKSA
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TELEGRAM
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Baksa usually approached women
who were looking for jobs or needed money
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and pretended he could help them
get a job to get a conversation going.
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FIT MODEL 2~8 MILLION WON OR MORE
INQUIRIES: TELEGRAM K8GOOSE
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That's how he lured them
into joining Telegram
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because most people
don't know what Telegram is.
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BAKSA: HELLO
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HELLO
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Baksa contacted the victims
claiming he was the middleman
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and asked them for sample photos.
233
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Then the victims
wound send photos of themselves.
234
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At first, the victims would take normal
photos of themselves fully dressed
235
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or photos of themselves
in revealing undergarments.
236
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BAKSA: YOU'RE VERY PRETTY
YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT FIT MODEL
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HMM… COULD I GET SOME SHOTS
OF YOUR BODY TOO?
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CHANG EUN-JO, BROADCASTING WRITER
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
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At first, the victims were asked
to make this hand sign.
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And after that…
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00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:27,653
He told the victims
he needed their bank account numbers
242
00:16:27,736 --> 00:16:30,781
and other details to wire them the money.
243
00:16:30,864 --> 00:16:33,826
You usually provide proof of identity
when you work part-time,
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so they gave him
their personal info without question.
245
00:16:37,454 --> 00:16:39,581
I heard that when he got
the photos of the victims' ID cards,
246
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he started blackmailing them
and asked for more revealing photos.
247
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Your photo could be leaked,
and he already had your address.
248
00:16:48,048 --> 00:16:51,301
The victims were then exposed to
the threat of being harmed even further
249
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since a bunch of anonymous men
now knew where they lived.
250
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After obtaining
the victims' photos and info,
251
00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:06,775
his relentless harassment
and threats began.
252
00:17:16,493 --> 00:17:20,539
I've been trying hard
to get those videos out of my head.
253
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I remember two victims
who seemed very young.
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CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
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They were saying among themselves,
"Do we have to do this?"
256
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They were in a public restroom.
257
00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:37,347
A very young-looking child
licked the floor tiles
258
00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,185
and said, "I can't do this anymore."
259
00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:45,272
I remember those videos…
260
00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:51,111
and the looks on their faces.
261
00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,657
They really didn't want to do it,
but they were forcing themselves to smile.
262
00:17:56,408 --> 00:18:02,289
In total, I think I saw
around 10 to 20 victims.
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It was repulsive.
264
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Just…
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00:18:17,137 --> 00:18:19,973
I don't know how to explain it,
but seeing the video made me irritated
266
00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:21,183
and angry.
267
00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:23,811
There were so many pens
stuffed into female genitals.
268
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There was a photo of it.
269
00:18:25,646 --> 00:18:29,024
Why would anyone take a picture of that?
Why do such a thing?
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These weren't illegally filmed sex tapes
271
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that were watched
for voyeuristic purposes.
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The women
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had to carry out certain missions
that were given to them.
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They were told to perform
these grotesque, bizarre acts,
275
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and everyone in the chat room
watched them together.
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And before that,
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he would share the victims'
personal information in the chat.
278
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And everyone in the chat would
share their plans to harass the victims.
279
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BAKSA ROOM, 1,750 MEMBERS
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BAKSA: KIM JI-HYE
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UNIT 302, 609-21 GONGHWA-DONG,
NOWON-GU, SEOUL
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SANGSANG: LOL
NONO: I'M GOING TO LOOK IT UP ON THE MAP
283
00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:05,102
609 GONGHWA-DONG, NOWON-GU, SEOUL
284
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SEARCH
285
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SANGSANG: WHO WANTS
TO GO TO HER PLACE WITH ME?
286
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:10,858
NONO: LOL
HOHOHONG: LET'S GO RAPE HER
287
00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:13,235
SHE'S PROBABLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
SHE LOOKS AS IF SHE'D LOVE IT
288
00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:14,486
STREAM IT FOR US WHEN YOU GET THERE
289
00:19:20,868 --> 00:19:24,830
I once saw the chat room members harassing
one of the victims together in real-time.
290
00:19:27,457 --> 00:19:28,375
BAKSA: WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG?
291
00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:29,585
TAKE A PHOTO IN THE BATHROOM
292
00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:31,295
NOT THERE YET?
293
00:19:31,378 --> 00:19:35,007
TAKE A PHOTO OF YOURSELF NAKED
IN THE STAIRWELL, RIGHT NOW
294
00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:36,925
When the victim refused to do as he said,
295
00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:42,472
Baska kept threatening her
and trying to convince her repeatedly.
296
00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:44,808
Then he invited others into the chat room,
297
00:19:44,892 --> 00:19:49,062
and all those people
started attacking her.
298
00:19:49,146 --> 00:19:52,316
It was really shocking to watch.
299
00:19:52,399 --> 00:19:58,989
JOINED THE GROUP USING THE INVITE LINK
300
00:19:59,072 --> 00:20:00,532
CHAECHISEU: HUMILIATE HER
301
00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:01,658
HASO: I WANT TO SEE HER LICK A TOILET SEAT
302
00:20:01,742 --> 00:20:02,868
HORIRI: MAKER HER CRY ON HER KNEES
303
00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:04,828
LOL
THIS IS AWESOME
304
00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:05,871
HORIRI: HER FACE IS NOT MY TYPE
305
00:20:05,954 --> 00:20:08,332
SEOKSA: SHOW US ANOTHER SLAVE
HOHOHONG: I'LL GO FIRST IF WE RAPE HER
306
00:20:08,415 --> 00:20:09,958
NONO: OUTDOOR HUMILIATION
KIMPIAO: BAKSA, YOU'RE THE MAN
307
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:13,462
The victims obviously felt uneasy about it
and thought it was strange.
308
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:16,715
When I say "strange,"
309
00:20:16,798 --> 00:20:19,801
first, you have to know about
this feature on Telegram.
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00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,762
The victims sent photos of themselves
311
00:20:21,845 --> 00:20:25,641
because they were told all the photos
would be deleted after they were seen.
312
00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:27,559
They're supposed to
be deleted automatically.
313
00:20:27,643 --> 00:20:30,646
However, when the victims said "no"
and refused to do as they were told,
314
00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:34,816
they were presented with all the photos
that they had sent previously.
315
00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:42,157
TELEGRAM
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00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,242
TELEGRAM
NEW MESSAGE
317
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:51,541
Then he'd keep saying,
318
00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,502
"If you take this photo,
I'll delete the others."
319
00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:58,090
And there were many teenage victims.
320
00:20:58,715 --> 00:21:03,387
They forced the victims take
50 to 60 photos in an hour.
321
00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:07,683
But once the photos were taken and sent,
there was no going back.
322
00:21:13,730 --> 00:21:16,275
THE CREATOR OF THE BAKSA ROOMS
323
00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:21,613
CREATED SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
AND EXCHANGED THEM FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY
324
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,622
We decided to focus
our investigation on Baksa
325
00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:32,374
and started monitoring his chat room.
326
00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:34,793
Then we noticed that
a lot of people kept asking
327
00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:38,046
where they could find
the Nth Room content.
328
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,548
WHERE DO YOU GET THE STUFF
FROM THE NTH ROOMS?
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00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:42,009
NTH ROOM
330
00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:45,345
That's when we first
found out about the Nth Room.
331
00:21:45,429 --> 00:21:47,931
We were wondering what the Nth Room was,
so we looked into it and found out
332
00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:51,018
that someone called "Godgod" had been
engaging in similar illegal activities
333
00:21:51,101 --> 00:21:52,644
for much longer than Baksa.
334
00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,688
At the time, we didn't know
what they were exactly.
335
00:21:54,771 --> 00:21:57,274
But while Yeon-seo was doing her research
336
00:21:57,941 --> 00:22:01,320
after the special task force
had been formed,
337
00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:06,158
we discovered that someone
had already reported on the Nth Room.
338
00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:08,201
2019, EXCELLENCE AWARD
339
00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:10,162
DO YOU SELL PORN VIDEOS FEATURING MINORS?
340
00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:14,416
CHAT ROOMS THAT SHARE
ILLEGAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
341
00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:19,921
THEIR INTEREST WAS THE NUMBERED ROOMS
342
00:22:20,547 --> 00:22:23,258
INFILTRATED THE TELEGRAM
CHAT ROOMS FOR ABOUT A MONTH
343
00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,762
SAVED UP EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE
SHARING THE LINKS TO THESE ROOMS
344
00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:33,894
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES RAMPANT
ON TELEGRAM BY TEAM FLAME
345
00:22:33,977 --> 00:22:36,104
It immediately piqued my interest.
346
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,815
Then we learned it was a piece
submitted to a journalism competition
347
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,984
by a team of student journalists
called Team Flame.
348
00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:43,570
I was curious and wanted to meet them.
349
00:22:43,653 --> 00:22:46,948
I told them that I would visit them
immediately wherever they are
350
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:48,366
and they said they were in Yeouido.
351
00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:51,328
YEOUIDO STATION
352
00:22:51,411 --> 00:22:54,206
We met and went to a cafe
right by Yeouido station
353
00:22:54,289 --> 00:22:56,249
and sat at a table in the corner.
354
00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,356
BUL, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
355
00:23:19,439 --> 00:23:21,858
I'm Bul from Team Flame.
356
00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:27,864
I'm Dan from Team Flame.
357
00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:31,451
DAN, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
358
00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:35,789
I was an aspiring journalist,
359
00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:38,500
and Bul, who worked with me,
was a university student
360
00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,335
who also wanted to be a journalist.
361
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:47,092
I took a journalism course
362
00:23:47,175 --> 00:23:51,179
and in that course, I wrote
a lot of articles about illegal filming.
363
00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,016
One day, my professor told me
364
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,187
about a journalism contest
and suggested that Bul and I enter.
365
00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:04,693
We thought that the perpetrators
we were about to report on
366
00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:08,613
would definitely try to find information
about us once we published the article.
367
00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,368
That's why we work undercover.
368
00:24:13,451 --> 00:24:17,330
It's just like how detectives
don't want their faces revealed.
369
00:24:17,414 --> 00:24:19,541
We feel the same way.
370
00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:23,211
Keeping our identities hidden
helps us feel more at ease.
371
00:24:32,762 --> 00:24:36,975
At first, we decided to report on
the issue of illegally filmed videos
372
00:24:37,058 --> 00:24:39,394
and did a lot of research
373
00:24:39,477 --> 00:24:41,855
to find websites
where such videos were shared.
374
00:24:41,938 --> 00:24:43,064
SPYCAM
375
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:45,233
The search terms I used included "spycam,"
376
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,736
"high school girls,"
"middle school girls,"
377
00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:49,362
and "public exposure."
378
00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:52,532
Those were my main searches.
379
00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:54,492
Then I stumbled upon
380
00:24:54,576 --> 00:24:58,371
a website called "AVSnoop."
381
00:24:58,455 --> 00:25:02,292
I found it about 10, or maybe 15 minutes
after I started researching.
382
00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:10,675
GATEWAY TO THE NTH ROOMS
383
00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:12,385
RUN BY WATCHMAN
WHO PROMOTED THE NTH ROOMS
384
00:25:12,469 --> 00:25:13,678
AND HELPED SPREAD THE CONTENT
385
00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:16,890
When we infiltrated
the site in July of 2019,
386
00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:20,810
Watchman was active as the site's owner.
387
00:25:20,894 --> 00:25:25,482
And I found a post about
the 'Number Room' incident.
388
00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:29,694
It described what the Nth Room
victims went through in detail.
389
00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:34,449
Watchman had listed all the victims
from the first room to the eighth.
390
00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:37,077
It included their names, ages,
their presumed addresses,
391
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,204
along with info on their schools
392
00:25:39,287 --> 00:25:41,623
and even what grade
and class they were in.
393
00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:46,002
It also stated how many people
were in each of the rooms.
394
00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:50,757
And there were details about each victim
like the shape of their breasts,
395
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,929
their figure, their mannerisms,
and things like that.
396
00:25:56,846 --> 00:25:58,598
Even as I was reading it,
397
00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,851
I couldn't believe that
it was actually happening in Korea.
398
00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:05,438
After that, we felt that we had to
see for ourselves whether it was true.
399
00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,858
About five hours after we began
monitoring the chat room,
400
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:10,777
one of the perpetrators said that
401
00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:13,280
anyone who changed their
profile picture to an anime character
402
00:26:13,363 --> 00:26:15,615
would be given the link to an Nth Room.
403
00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:17,659
ANIME CHARACTER BREASTS
404
00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,953
KOR SUBS, DAVE A LITE UTOPIA #81
405
00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:22,706
SAVE IMAGE AS
406
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:27,127
CHANGE PROFILE PHOTO
407
00:26:28,545 --> 00:26:31,840
CAN I GET THE NTH ROOM LINK TOO?
PLEEEEASE
408
00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,591
ANGDDUIBANG: YOUR PROFILE PIC
409
00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:34,509
I CHANGED IT
410
00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:36,803
ANGDDUIBANG: THE TSUNDERE FROM DAVE A LITE
411
00:26:36,886 --> 00:26:38,263
ANGDDUIBANG: SHE'S MY FAVORITE
412
00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:40,432
LOL
413
00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:50,150
As soon as I entered the Nth Room,
414
00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:55,989
the first thing I saw
was videos of nude bodies.
415
00:26:56,072 --> 00:26:58,533
They were videos of young girls nude.
416
00:26:58,616 --> 00:27:02,996
Some of the victims were ordered
to write "slave" on their bodies.
417
00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:05,290
SLAVE
418
00:27:05,373 --> 00:27:10,295
Also words like "personal pussy,"
"personal toilet," and "bitch."
419
00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:14,299
Sometimes, they were ordered to carve
such words on their bodies with knives,
420
00:27:14,382 --> 00:27:15,884
not just to write them with pens.
421
00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:20,972
They were ordered to read aloud phrases
such as "I'm Godgod's slave."
422
00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:24,059
One of the most gruesome things I saw was
423
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:28,938
a victim being ordered to pierce her body
with a needle and string.
424
00:27:29,022 --> 00:27:32,609
Then she was told to hang things
off the string.
425
00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:51,294
We saw an announcement in the first room
posted by Godgod, which read
426
00:27:51,378 --> 00:27:55,882
"I am sharing these videos
because the slaves in the videos
427
00:27:55,965 --> 00:28:00,553
refused to do as I said.
428
00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:05,016
I won't share the videos of the slaves
who obey my orders, so don't worry."
429
00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:15,402
GODGOD
ANNOUNCEMENT
430
00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:17,529
THESE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS
WERE OBTAINED BY THREATENING THE GIRLS
431
00:28:17,612 --> 00:28:20,115
THEY DISOBEYED ME AND RAN AWAY
SO YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THEM
432
00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:21,616
IF YOU ARE WORRIED IF I HAVE PHOTOS OF YOU
433
00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:23,201
YOUR PHOTOS WON'T BE SHARED
AS LONG AS YOU DO AS I SAY
434
00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:24,119
SO THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY
435
00:28:26,162 --> 00:28:29,124
THE CREATOR OF THE NTH ROOMS
436
00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:34,337
PRODUCED MULTIPLE
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
437
00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:36,548
NTH ROOMS
438
00:28:36,631 --> 00:28:43,638
JOINED THE GROUP USING THE INVITE LINK
439
00:28:49,185 --> 00:28:51,312
NEW MESSAGE
440
00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:53,148
GODGOD
YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING GODGOD
441
00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:59,195
YOUR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN LEAKED
CHECK THE LINK BELOW
442
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:04,451
Godgod would send
the victims a link to a site
443
00:29:04,534 --> 00:29:07,495
and claim that their photos
were being shared there.
444
00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,290
YOUR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN LEAKED
CHECK THE LINK BELOW
445
00:29:10,373 --> 00:29:12,459
WHAT? STOP JOKING AROUND LOL
WHO ARE YOU?
446
00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,503
I'M SERIOUS… I'M LETTING YOU KNOW
BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU
447
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:22,510
The moment they click on the link,
they'd be phished.
448
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:25,680
DO YOU KNOW
WHO UPLOADED THESE PHOTOS?
449
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:30,059
That's how their personal information,
such as their ID and address,
450
00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:31,728
ended up in Godgod's hands.
451
00:29:37,817 --> 00:29:38,651
YOUR HOME ADDRESS
1522-8932, HAGIK-DONG, INCHEON
452
00:29:38,735 --> 00:29:39,736
YOUR DAD'S PHONE NUMBER 010-2674-XXXX
453
00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:43,823
I'M SURE YOUR DAD AND YOUR FRIENDS
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE PHOTOS
454
00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:46,743
I'LL DO AS YOU SAY.
PLEASE DON'T SEND THE PHOTOS
455
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,961
SEND MORE
I'LL GIVE YOU 5 SECONDS
456
00:30:13,561 --> 00:30:16,481
I thought I should report it
to the police right away
457
00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:18,483
if this was really what was going on.
458
00:30:18,566 --> 00:30:21,027
We believed we should
inform the police immediately.
459
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:22,821
The article came second.
460
00:30:22,904 --> 00:30:25,281
That's how we came to
report it to the police.
461
00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:31,621
GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE
462
00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:45,051
We were on a work trip at the time.
463
00:30:45,134 --> 00:30:48,137
We were traveling
across the country a lot.
464
00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:50,682
My colleagues
at the Chuncheon Police Station
465
00:30:50,765 --> 00:30:54,435
told me about this new type of crime
that had been occurring on Telegram
466
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,231
and that it seemed pretty widespread.
467
00:30:58,314 --> 00:31:01,693
The case was a little different
from what we usually handled.
468
00:31:01,776 --> 00:31:03,945
The number of videos
that were being distributed
469
00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:08,908
was shocking even for someone like me.
470
00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:14,205
I could tell it wouldn't be a simple case
where we track down just one suspect.
471
00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:18,042
The thing about Telegram is that
the chat rooms are flexible,
472
00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:21,045
in the sense that they're
constantly deleted and created again.
473
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:23,965
So apart from the chat room links
that we had obtained,
474
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:28,511
we couldn't get the authorization
to access the other rooms.
475
00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:31,347
It was very difficult
to get into the other rooms.
476
00:31:31,431 --> 00:31:33,224
So we got help from Team Flame,
477
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:36,394
and they gave us
the links to the other chat rooms.
478
00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:38,730
The officers suggested
479
00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:41,608
that we start a chat room
480
00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:47,280
where we could share
the evidence that we had collected.
481
00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:49,115
THIS IS THE CYBER INVESTIGATION UNIT AT
GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE
482
00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:51,075
TELEGRAM CASE INFO CAN BE SHARED HERE
483
00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:52,702
HELLO, OFFICER
484
00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:56,164
I'LL UPLOAD ALL THE SCREENSHOTS
OF THE NTH ROOM CHATS HERE
485
00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:06,049
THIS USER HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE
IN THE CHAT ROOM RECENTLY
486
00:32:06,132 --> 00:32:11,512
A user named "Rabbit,"
who joined the chat room after we did,
487
00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:14,974
became the manager of the room
with over thousands of members
488
00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:19,604
in just a little over
a week after joining the chat.
489
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:24,984
TIKTIK: LOLIS ARE SO HOT
OI: RABBIT'S WORKING HARD LOL
490
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,736
RABBIT: I DON'T DO GIRLS OVER 12
491
00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:30,615
I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD
I'LL SHARE IT LATER TONIGHT
492
00:32:30,698 --> 00:32:32,617
BY THE WAY,
ANY OF YOU LOSERS WANNA MEET UP TODAY?
493
00:32:33,701 --> 00:32:36,037
RAN A CHAT ROOM DERIVED FROM THE NTH ROOMS
494
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,289
DISTRIBUTED NUMEROUS SEXUALLY
EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS OF CHILDREN
495
00:32:38,373 --> 00:32:43,044
Rabbit would readily spill
his personal info in the chat room
496
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:47,048
as if the chat room members
were his university friends.
497
00:32:47,131 --> 00:32:49,133
He said he started university in 2018
498
00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:50,426
and that he was attending…
499
00:32:50,510 --> 00:32:51,970
I ATTEND A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN JEONNAM
500
00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:53,346
GOOGLE MAPS
501
00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:55,640
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN JEONNAM
502
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,033
He uploaded a photo showing
503
00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:17,286
that he was standing
at a subway platform in Sangmu Station.
504
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,956
A photo of a board
showing the subway's arrival.
505
00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:23,251
CURRENT TIME: 11:22
SANGMU
506
00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:27,714
RABBIT: IF ANYONE COMES TO THIS
STARBUCKS RIGHT NOW, COFFEE'S ON ME
507
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:30,341
He told people to meet him
at the Sangmu Starbucks branch
508
00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:32,969
and even sent a photo of the Starbucks.
509
00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:39,142
Then after about 30 minutes, Rabbit said…
510
00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:40,852
RABBIT: WHY ISN'T ANYONE COMING?
511
00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,103
TIKTIK: IT'LL TAKE ME 6 HRS
TO GET THERE, YOU RETARD
512
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,397
OI: GWANGJU? ENJOY YOUR COFFEE ALONE LOL
513
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,482
He said he got the physical examination
for the draft on Thursday
514
00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:48,776
and said, "I'm fucked.
I got shitty results."
515
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:51,320
So I asked him about the results.
"Why? What happened?"
516
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:53,406
RABBIT: MY EYESIGHT WAS MINUS 3
517
00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:56,993
THEN WHY DO YOU NEED A REEXAMINATION?
518
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:59,162
RABBIT: BLOOD IN URINE
519
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:04,167
He disclosed his personal information
down to the little details in the chat.
520
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:09,047
He even sent a photo
of his physical exam results.
521
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:12,842
And it said
"Chosun University Hospital" on it.
522
00:34:12,925 --> 00:34:16,554
Based on such information,
we felt that we could catch him.
523
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,184
So we asked him the date
of his second physical examination.
524
00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:25,396
WHEN'S YOUR REEXAMINATION?
525
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,901
RABBIT: AUGUST 7
526
00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:32,862
We sent all the information
we had gathered to the police.
527
00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:37,909
HERE'S MORE INFO ON RABBIT
528
00:34:37,992 --> 00:34:40,953
We wanted to know what had happened
after that, so we called the police
529
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:42,705
and asked them if they caught him.
530
00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:45,541
But they just said
they'll let us know soon.
531
00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:50,797
We went to the site
and verified everything.
532
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,549
Then we interviewed
the residents in the area
533
00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:54,926
to make sure that he actually lived there.
534
00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:04,102
We picked an area to investigate
based on the subway line
535
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,729
and the location of the university.
536
00:35:08,731 --> 00:35:13,653
And we also checked with the hospital
where he had his physical examination
537
00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:15,363
to see if this person actually existed.
538
00:35:15,446 --> 00:35:18,366
All the information seemed trustworthy.
539
00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:22,703
We verified that the person in question
does exist and confirmed his identity.
540
00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:25,373
Two days after that,
I was studying in the library
541
00:35:25,456 --> 00:35:28,960
and I saw the police's number
pop up on my phone.
542
00:35:29,043 --> 00:35:31,796
They said they caught him.
543
00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:35,174
I started jumping around excitedly
in front of the library, screaming.
544
00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:37,969
I was so excited that I didn't care
what others might think of me.
545
00:35:38,052 --> 00:35:43,391
FIRST NTH ROOM PARTAKER TO BE ARRESTED
546
00:35:44,016 --> 00:35:49,147
Rabbit was practically a stooge
compared to the other perpetrators.
547
00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,315
Although we managed to
get Rabbit arrested,
548
00:35:51,399 --> 00:35:55,611
there were still many others
actively committing crimes on Telegram.
549
00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:58,656
So we felt that
Rabbit's arrest wasn't enough.
550
00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:02,076
Since it was just one arrest
and the Nth Rooms were still rampant,
551
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:06,289
we believed that the issue
should be made known to a wider public.
552
00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,463
NTH ROOMS
553
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:19,385
People in the chat room
were wondering who this "Godgod" was
554
00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:24,724
and how he managed
to sexually exploit so many victims.
555
00:36:24,807 --> 00:36:27,685
They were curious as to
how he created and distributed
556
00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,855
so much sexually exploitative content
that was considered rare.
557
00:36:30,938 --> 00:36:35,443
People in the chat room
often discussed his identity.
558
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:39,030
Some said they looked up to Godgod.
559
00:36:39,113 --> 00:36:41,532
1ST ROOM: 1,750 MEMBERS
GUGURI: GODGOD, YOU'RE A LEGEND LOL
560
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:47,079
But there were others saying
that he went too far
561
00:36:47,163 --> 00:36:51,250
all the while enjoying the content
shared in the Nth Rooms.
562
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:52,752
SKEK: BUT HE IS
FUCKING SICK IN THE HEAD LOL
563
00:36:58,799 --> 00:36:59,926
TORLRJ: HOW IS GODGOD GETTING
ALL THESE VIDEOS ANYWAY?
564
00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:01,302
AGMUN: THAT FUCKER WENT AWOL THO
565
00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:03,638
DJEJ: MAYBE HE'S BEEN BUSTED?
566
00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:05,806
But because Godgod had disappeared
567
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:09,352
after distributing such videos,
568
00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:15,524
the chat room members were all interested
in finding out who Godgod really was.
569
00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,443
EKFFL01: LOL NOBODY KNOWS
570
00:37:17,526 --> 00:37:22,531
RLQNS.: I WONDER WHO THE HELL HE IS
571
00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:37,129
Before Godgod disappeared,
he sent messages such as
572
00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:40,925
"My mom told me to get off the phone" or
"My mom told me to go to bed."
573
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:45,054
MY MOM TOLD ME TO GET OFF THE PHONE
574
00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:46,806
MY MOM TOLD ME TO GO TO BED
575
00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:48,599
I LIVE IN A SCHOOL DORM
576
00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:50,601
I'M OFF TO PLAY MAPLESTORY
577
00:37:50,685 --> 00:37:52,353
IM IN 12TH GRADE, SO I GOTTA STUDY
578
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:57,066
I HAVE TO STUDY FOR CSAT
SO I'M QUITTING TELEGRAM
579
00:37:57,149 --> 00:37:59,443
WILL YOU DELETE ALL OF YOUR
CHAT HISTORY AND LEAVE THE CHANNEL?
580
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:32,977
EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH REPORT ON THE NTH ROOMS
581
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:34,478
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON TELEGRAM
582
00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:40,526
WE RECEIVED A TIP-OFF ABOUT SEXUALLY
EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF WOMEN,
583
00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:42,111
INCLUDING CHILDREN AND TEENS,
BEING DISTRIBUTED ON TELEGRAM.
584
00:38:42,194 --> 00:38:45,448
WE BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE SECRET ROOMS
THE PERPETRATORS RAN OVER TWO WEEKS
585
00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:48,576
I was so sure of it.
I felt confident that we could catch them.
586
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:50,244
I often said to Yeon-seo
587
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:54,123
that they would definitely get arrested
if we wrote the article this way.
588
00:38:54,206 --> 00:38:56,334
We knew they would have left traces.
589
00:38:56,417 --> 00:38:59,337
We were sure we could
catch them within the year.
590
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:01,672
We even talked about how it would become
591
00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:04,842
the biggest issue of the year
if we caught them.
592
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:13,267
NTH ROOMS RAMPANT ON TELEGRAM
593
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,979
BAKSA AND HIS SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ROOMS
LOSER TURNED POWERFUL IMAGINARY RULER
594
00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:18,898
RAN CRYPTOCURRENCY-ONLY SECRET ROOMS
595
00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:20,941
FROM TEASER ROOMS
TO EXPENSIVE MEMBERSHIP ROOMS
596
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,778
THE SECRET CHAT ROOM MEMBERS
ARE AFTER THE MEDIA JACKALS
597
00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:27,656
LURED WOMEN WITH JOB OFFERS
AND THREATENED THEM TO SEND NUDE PHOTOS
598
00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:33,079
We had hoped that the press
would make this issue public.
599
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:35,414
When The Hankyoreh contacted us,
600
00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:39,877
we finally felt like the case
was going to be in the public spotlight.
601
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,504
And we were really looking forward to it.
602
00:39:41,587 --> 00:39:45,174
TO IMAGINE SUCH CONTENT WOULD BE STORED
ON COUNTLESS MEN'S PHONES AND HARD DRIVES
603
00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:46,967
AS TROPHIES MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH
604
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,011
IN THAT WORLD,
605
00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:54,725
WOMEN WERE NOTHING BUT OBJECTS
TO BE EXPLOITED AND MOCKED
606
00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:01,357
THE HANKYOREH
607
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,860
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
CIRCULATING ON TELEGRAM
608
00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:08,406
The article was on the front page
as the major story of the day.
609
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:14,203
so we believed that many journalists
would take interest in the issue.
610
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:33,013
Temperatures have
suddenly dropped this morning.
611
00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,974
Following the rain
that brought the temperatures down.
612
00:40:35,057 --> 00:40:37,601
A cold wave advisory
has been issued in the capital area.
613
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:40,229
It's -1.1°C in Seoul this morning
614
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,273
and it's much colder than yesterday.
615
00:40:42,356 --> 00:40:44,150
But nothing really changed.
616
00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,819
It didn't get much attention.
People didn't pay attention to it.
617
00:40:46,902 --> 00:40:51,532
It was just seen as another
violence case against women.
618
00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:55,828
After the article was published,
the whole society seemed to be wondering,
619
00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:57,872
"Why did The Hankyoreh
put this on the front page?"
620
00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:59,707
I was really puzzled.
621
00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:03,461
I was sure it deserved more attention
but no one seemed to care.
622
00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,756
It was not at all what I had expected.
623
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,343
EARJING: WAN PUBLISHED
A FOLLOW-UP ARTICLE
624
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:13,137
FFF: IT'S MORE LIKE A REVIEW,
NOT AN ARTICLE
625
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:14,096
ATOOARI: THEY CAN'T CATCH US
ON TELEGRAM ANYWAY
626
00:41:14,180 --> 00:41:15,181
WOORI: WE'RE FAMOUS NOW
LET'S CELEBRATE!
627
00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:16,474
SSUN: ARE THERE ANY JOURNALISTS HERE?
HELLO LOL
628
00:41:16,557 --> 00:41:18,142
JE JO: MR. JOURNALIST, MAKE ME FAMOUS TOO
629
00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:21,729
The managers of the chat rooms
that derived from the Baksa Rooms
630
00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:27,109
sent us mocking messages, asking us
to promote their chat rooms as well.
631
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:30,029
Baksa changed his ID to something like,
632
00:41:30,112 --> 00:41:32,072
"The only one The Hankyoreh promoted."
633
00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:36,494
And the chat room name
was changed to something like,
634
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,871
"The only chat room
in the media spotlight."
635
00:41:38,954 --> 00:41:41,874
We were mocked and ridiculed.
636
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:43,250
There were people saying
637
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:46,128
that they joined the chat rooms
after reading our article.
638
00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:49,423
Seeing that happen made me upset.
639
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:52,635
It was either after our articles
had been published
640
00:41:52,718 --> 00:41:54,512
or sometime during its serialization.
641
00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:58,224
Baksa suddenly uploaded
a photo of a victim in his chat room.
642
00:41:58,307 --> 00:42:01,894
He said he'd call the victim
"a victim of The Hankyoreh."
643
00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:15,199
It was a photo of someone
644
00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:18,619
standing in a strange pose
bending forward.
645
00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:23,707
And there was a watermark on it
that said "The Hankyoreh's first victim."
646
00:42:23,791 --> 00:42:26,293
THE HANKYOREH'S FIRST VICTIM
647
00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:27,294
From what we know,
648
00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:30,422
those photos had never
been shared in the rooms before.
649
00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:33,842
So it was his way of saying
he had more photos of the victims
650
00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:38,138
and that he'd upload more
if we kept publishing articles about him.
651
00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:41,267
I guess you could say
he was blackmailing us in a way.
652
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:43,435
By saying that he will be calling them
"The Hankyoreh's victims,"
653
00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:45,854
he was warning us that The Hankyoreh would
be responsible for all future victims.
654
00:43:04,373 --> 00:43:05,291
It was really scary.
655
00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:08,460
If that had happened
before we released the article,
656
00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:14,300
I think I would have had second thoughts
about publishing the article.
657
00:43:14,925 --> 00:43:18,637
For the first time,
I thought that maybe we should stop.
658
00:43:18,721 --> 00:43:20,264
That's what Baksa probably wanted.
659
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,810
At that time, one of the victims told me
660
00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:28,230
she had learned that tens of thousands
of people were in these chat rooms
661
00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:30,816
that kept appearing
and disappearing over and over.
662
00:43:31,525 --> 00:43:33,986
She felt that she could cross paths
663
00:43:34,069 --> 00:43:37,781
with people who were in
the Nth Rooms while out and about,
664
00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:42,119
so she was too afraid
to even leave her house.
665
00:43:49,918 --> 00:43:53,005
For the first time,
666
00:43:53,088 --> 00:43:55,758
I felt like I was just fighting thin air.
667
00:43:55,841 --> 00:43:59,178
It was as if I was fighting against
this illusory world that Baksa was in,
668
00:43:59,261 --> 00:44:02,431
not Baksa himself.
669
00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:05,059
It was a lonely fight.
670
00:44:05,726 --> 00:44:08,646
Honestly, I was very demotivated,
671
00:44:08,729 --> 00:44:12,066
and I didn't have the energy to continue.
672
00:44:16,945 --> 00:44:20,491
I felt like I was trying to do
something that was impossible,
673
00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:24,620
and I kept thinking
maybe I should just give up.
674
00:44:27,539 --> 00:44:34,505
I felt like there was nothing I could do
and that I should just go on with my life.
675
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:38,050
I started feeling as if
my brain was contaminated,
676
00:44:38,133 --> 00:44:40,010
and as if my heart had been tainted.
677
00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:44,640
That's what made me decide to
stop monitoring the chat rooms.
678
00:44:45,891 --> 00:44:47,434
HOHOHONG: I'M GONNA ASK FOR A HANDJOB
GO TAKE A NUDE SELFIE IN THE BATHROOM
679
00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:48,394
SANGSANG: LET'S GO RAPE HER
680
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:49,895
I'M SORRY
I REALLY CAN'T DO THIS
681
00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:53,357
WILL YOU DELETE ALL OF YOUR
CHAT HISTORY AND LEAVE THE CHANNEL?
682
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:54,650
LEAVE CHANNEL
683
00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:02,533
NOVEMBER 2019
684
00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:05,119
JANUARY 2020
685
00:45:05,202 --> 00:45:12,209
2 MONTHS LATER
686
00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:24,805
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JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
687
00:45:24,888 --> 00:45:29,101
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
688
00:45:29,184 --> 00:45:33,480
JTBC STATION
689
00:45:35,983 --> 00:45:41,572
JEONG JAE-WON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
SBS'S Y-STORY
690
00:45:42,614 --> 00:45:47,411
SBS STATION
691
00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:56,837
I was shocked when I read the article
published by The Hankyoreh in November.
692
00:45:57,546 --> 00:46:02,426
But at the time, I didn't think
we could investigate it any further.
693
00:46:02,968 --> 00:46:05,637
However, people who believed
it was a serious issue
694
00:46:05,721 --> 00:46:12,352
posted a lot of tweets on Twitter
with the hashtag "Nth Room case."
695
00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:16,648
Even though the mainstream media
wasn't paying attention to the case,
696
00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:18,525
many women on Twitter
697
00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:22,821
were already aware of
the seriousness of the issue.
698
00:46:27,284 --> 00:46:30,078
The producer in charge
didn't like the topic very much.
699
00:46:30,162 --> 00:46:33,165
He said the case didn't seem different
from other similar issues such as
700
00:46:33,248 --> 00:46:37,336
the distribution of illegally filmed
pornography on file-sharing sites.
701
00:46:37,419 --> 00:46:41,632
At first, when we were thinking of
covering this case on our show…
702
00:46:41,715 --> 00:46:43,175
CHOI KWANG-IL
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
703
00:46:43,258 --> 00:46:44,885
…I couldn't believe it was real.
704
00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:47,596
I thought we should somehow
get in contact with Baksa.
705
00:46:48,388 --> 00:46:51,517
So I sent messages in the chat rooms
that I'd been investigating,
706
00:46:52,768 --> 00:46:55,229
asking people to contact us.
707
00:46:55,312 --> 00:46:59,858
I asked people to contact me if they knew
anything about Baksa or Godgod,
708
00:46:59,942 --> 00:47:02,361
and even Baksa and Godgod
themselves if they read this message.
709
00:47:02,444 --> 00:47:03,445
HELLO, THIS IS Y-STORY
710
00:47:03,529 --> 00:47:05,614
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION ON GODGOD OR BAKSA.
711
00:47:05,697 --> 00:47:09,868
I went through the screenshots that
Ms. Chang wanted me to go through
712
00:47:09,952 --> 00:47:12,996
and read The Hankyoreh's articles
about the issue and the victims.
713
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,831
As I was going through those things,
714
00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:18,835
I couldn't believe something like that
was actually happening.
715
00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:21,964
So I went to meet Kim Wan,
the journalist who had covered the issue.
716
00:47:22,589 --> 00:47:27,135
He told me about everything he had gone
through while investigating the issue.
717
00:47:27,219 --> 00:47:31,098
He told me how tough the process was
and how vicious Baksa is.
718
00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:33,976
He told me all about
how Baksa humiliated him.
719
00:47:34,059 --> 00:47:36,520
He told me everything.
720
00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:39,523
I told everyone
this wasn't ordinary pornography.
721
00:47:39,606 --> 00:47:41,316
I told them that it was abuse.
722
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,735
I strongly insisted
that we cover it on our show.
723
00:47:45,195 --> 00:47:48,949
I thought the issue could
bring down the whole country.
724
00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:52,035
I came to think that
it was an issue we had to cover.
725
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:53,078
So…
726
00:47:54,621 --> 00:47:56,039
I really pushed for it.
727
00:48:01,795 --> 00:48:06,133
CONTACT JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT TEAM IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFO ON BAKSA OR BAKSA'S ROOMS
728
00:48:19,271 --> 00:48:26,028
BAKSA: U LOOKING FOR ME?
729
00:48:26,111 --> 00:48:28,780
Have we ever had
a criminal contact us first?
730
00:48:30,157 --> 00:48:30,991
Never.
731
00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:34,703
Baksa firmly believed
that he'd never get caught.
732
00:48:34,786 --> 00:48:37,956
He blindly trusted that
Telegram would keep him protected.
733
00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:43,378
That's probably why he got
in touch with the press first.
734
00:48:43,462 --> 00:48:45,339
To bluff or gloat, so to speak.
735
00:48:46,089 --> 00:48:48,175
I mean, there's no reason
for him to do that.
736
00:48:50,552 --> 00:48:52,679
BAKSA IS TYPING…
737
00:48:54,014 --> 00:49:00,145
I'M BAKSA
738
00:49:00,228 --> 00:49:03,357
His first message was,
"You really the Spotlight guy?"
739
00:49:04,316 --> 00:49:06,485
He was using the kind of language
740
00:49:06,985 --> 00:49:10,197
used by a certain
online community full of scumbags.
741
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:12,449
I had to be polite to him.
742
00:49:12,532 --> 00:49:14,785
And his attitude suddenly changed.
743
00:49:15,369 --> 00:49:19,039
He acted like he was old
and called me Mr. Choi.
744
00:49:19,956 --> 00:49:21,875
He asked me to call him Mr. Bak.
745
00:49:23,085 --> 00:49:25,295
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
746
00:49:26,713 --> 00:49:29,341
I RUN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
747
00:49:31,843 --> 00:49:37,057
I ALSO SELL DRUGS ON THE DARK WEB
748
00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:42,604
He said he had his own gang overseas.
749
00:49:44,981 --> 00:49:49,444
He asked, "If you were asked
to shoot someone, would you do it?"
750
00:49:49,528 --> 00:49:52,280
He said he'd do it if it benefited him.
751
00:49:52,989 --> 00:49:54,366
That's what he told me.
752
00:49:56,118 --> 00:49:57,244
"I'm a loan shark."
753
00:49:57,327 --> 00:49:58,495
"My passport got canceled."
754
00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:00,122
"I have my own gang."
755
00:50:02,416 --> 00:50:04,710
He said he was hiding in Cambodia.
756
00:50:04,793 --> 00:50:08,088
I pretended not to know anything
and asked him where he was.
757
00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:10,674
And he said, "I'm in Cambodia.
Did you not know that?"
758
00:50:14,594 --> 00:50:18,640
CAMBODIA
759
00:50:18,724 --> 00:50:20,434
He said he was in China.
760
00:50:22,060 --> 00:50:28,358
CHINA
761
00:50:28,442 --> 00:50:31,153
So I told him I was willing
to go there to meet him
762
00:50:31,236 --> 00:50:32,821
and that it wasn't a problem at all.
763
00:50:32,904 --> 00:50:33,739
BAKSA IS TYPING…
764
00:50:33,822 --> 00:50:36,450
We were talking for a while,
765
00:50:37,617 --> 00:50:40,704
but then he suddenly
went quiet for about ten minutes.
766
00:50:40,787 --> 00:50:43,290
He said he got a package delivery.
767
00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:46,835
So I asked him if there was
a similar delivery system as Korea
768
00:50:46,918 --> 00:50:48,754
in Cambodia as well.
769
00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:52,466
Then he got upset and told me
not to look down on Cambodia.
770
00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:54,468
He was like,
"Come and meet me if you can."
771
00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:56,344
It was during the Lunar New Year holiday.
772
00:50:56,928 --> 00:51:00,307
He said, "I have a lot of free time
because of the holiday."
773
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:02,309
I asked,
"Isn't it Chinese New Year's there?"
774
00:51:02,392 --> 00:51:05,896
"Everyone must be busy celebrating.
Aren't you busy?"
775
00:51:05,979 --> 00:51:08,940
Then he suddenly said
he was actually in Cambodia.
776
00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:23,079
While we were talking,
777
00:51:23,163 --> 00:51:25,832
I asked him what time
it was in Cambodia, and he got upset.
778
00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,210
He'd brag about the things he's done.
779
00:51:28,293 --> 00:51:30,462
And when we laughed him off
780
00:51:30,545 --> 00:51:34,674
or showed that we didn't believe him,
781
00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:37,344
he'd reveal stuff about himself.
782
00:51:37,427 --> 00:51:39,429
He even showed us his Bitcoin account.
783
00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:41,264
He said he'd make a deal
784
00:51:41,348 --> 00:51:44,476
with me, Jeong Jae-won.
785
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:49,189
He said if we went ahead
and aired the show,
786
00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:53,151
he'd make one of the victims,
one of his "slaves"
787
00:51:53,777 --> 00:51:56,196
who he had been sexually exploiting,
788
00:51:56,738 --> 00:52:00,325
take her own life by throwing herself
off the roof of the SBS building.
789
00:52:00,408 --> 00:52:02,327
BAKSA: A WOMAN WILL EITHER
THROW HERSELF OFF THE ROOF
790
00:52:02,410 --> 00:52:04,412
OR SET HERSELF ON FIRE
IF YOU BROADCAST ANYTHING ABOUT ME
791
00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:13,338
He said he'd win if he did as he said,
792
00:52:13,421 --> 00:52:16,383
and he'd lose
if he failed to keep his word.
793
00:52:18,134 --> 00:52:21,346
I met Kim Wan when I started
working on this story.
794
00:52:22,013 --> 00:52:24,599
We had a discussion about this,
795
00:52:24,683 --> 00:52:28,562
whether Baksa was actually
capable of doing such a thing.
796
00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:30,313
He was full of hot air.
797
00:52:30,397 --> 00:52:32,274
We believed that he was someone
798
00:52:32,357 --> 00:52:37,028
who'd boast about things
that he didn't have the guts to do.
799
00:52:37,112 --> 00:52:40,574
We both believed that
he wouldn't really do anything.
800
00:52:41,658 --> 00:52:43,577
By making the media focus on the issue,
801
00:52:44,411 --> 00:52:49,082
we tried to make the investigative bodies
participate in the investigation.
802
00:52:49,165 --> 00:52:51,626
We believed that might help
in speeding up the investigation.
803
00:52:54,713 --> 00:52:57,799
We wanted to help them
catch the perpetrators
804
00:52:57,883 --> 00:53:00,302
by raising public awareness
against the Nth Rooms.
805
00:53:01,845 --> 00:53:03,889
So we decided to air the show.
806
00:53:16,067 --> 00:53:18,153
A CALL FOR AWARENESS
OF TELEGRAM SEX CRIMES
807
00:53:19,237 --> 00:53:21,448
DIGITAL SEX CRIMES RAMPANT
808
00:53:37,297 --> 00:53:38,882
The show aired on the 17th,
809
00:53:38,965 --> 00:53:41,927
and I think the video
appeared the following weekend.
810
00:53:42,010 --> 00:53:44,638
Someone was wearing
a plastic bag over the head…
811
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:53,355
with the neck hanging from a doorknob.
812
00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:07,410
It was a video of Baksa's victim
813
00:54:07,494 --> 00:54:12,457
saying that she would kill herself
at the SBS building on a certain date.
814
00:54:12,540 --> 00:54:16,127
This video began circulating in Baksa's
815
00:54:16,211 --> 00:54:19,631
and other Telegram chat rooms.
816
00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:20,757
OJ: I AM BAKSA'S SLAVE.
817
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,843
I WILL KILL MYSELF ON THE ROOFTOP
OF THE SBS BUILDING IN A FEW DAYS
818
00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,845
BECAUSE BAKSA'S STORY WENT ON THE AIR
819
00:54:28,473 --> 00:54:33,812
BAKSA'S SLAVE
820
00:54:33,895 --> 00:54:34,980
It felt like
821
00:54:35,814 --> 00:54:42,404
he wanted to show off that he had
the power to make someone commit suicide.
822
00:54:56,418 --> 00:54:59,838
BAKSA: IF THE JTBC SHOW AIRS,
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER VICTIM
823
00:54:59,921 --> 00:55:02,340
NAMED "THE SPOTLIGHT VICTIM"
824
00:55:02,424 --> 00:55:03,883
Two days before the show,
825
00:55:05,301 --> 00:55:07,178
he blackmailed us
826
00:55:07,887 --> 00:55:12,100
saying he'd make a "Spotlight victim"
if we aired the show.
827
00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:16,354
SPOTLIGHT VICTIM
KIM U-RI
828
00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:27,782
BAKSA: I PLAN TO POST THE VIDEO ALONG WITH
HER NAME, OCCUPATION, AND ADDRESS
829
00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:32,495
OFFICE WORKER
379-127 GAAN-GU, SEOUL
830
00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:35,707
We actually got a call
from Team Flame then.
831
00:55:36,624 --> 00:55:39,753
We were also working
closely with Team Flame then.
832
00:55:39,836 --> 00:55:41,337
Team Flame called
833
00:55:41,421 --> 00:55:47,719
and asked me if I could
reconsider airing the show.
834
00:55:47,802 --> 00:55:51,139
It was so stressful.
I knew there would definitely be a victim.
835
00:55:52,474 --> 00:55:55,977
He even stated
the victim's occupation, name,
836
00:55:56,061 --> 00:55:59,022
and the specific location
where the crime would occur.
837
00:55:59,105 --> 00:56:05,487
And he said he'd reveal a video of her
with certain body parts covered,
838
00:56:05,570 --> 00:56:07,947
two days before
the show was supposed to air.
839
00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:13,620
JTBC, SPOTLIGHT
840
00:56:13,703 --> 00:56:16,998
Baksa, the person who reigns as king
in the Telegram chat rooms.
841
00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:21,836
To get to me, you'll have to turn
the whole country inside out.
842
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,338
That's why I'm not scared.
843
00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:26,007
BAKSA: HERE'S THE NEW GIRL, SINCE YOU
AIRED THE SHOW DESPITE THE WARNING
844
00:57:05,380 --> 00:57:06,965
SPOTLIGHT VICTIM
KIM U-RI
845
00:57:07,048 --> 00:57:08,675
OFFICE WORKER
379-127 GAAN-GU, SEOUL
846
00:57:10,635 --> 00:57:12,011
Personally, I didn't think
847
00:57:13,138 --> 00:57:14,722
he'd actually upload that video.
848
00:57:16,266 --> 00:57:19,310
I apologized to the victim.
849
00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:25,358
I told her I really didn't expect that
he'd actually release the video like that.
850
00:57:25,984 --> 00:57:29,737
But the victim told me
851
00:57:30,864 --> 00:57:34,868
that I shouldn't think that way.
852
00:57:34,951 --> 00:57:38,413
She said that was exactly
what Baksa wanted.
853
00:57:38,496 --> 00:57:42,709
She also said the video
was bound to be released anyway
854
00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:45,920
and that he was trying to use it
855
00:57:47,005 --> 00:57:52,010
to get our company involved.
856
00:57:53,928 --> 00:57:55,847
Was it my fault?
857
00:57:58,892 --> 00:58:00,643
I didn't know what to say.
858
00:58:01,227 --> 00:58:02,437
I made her a victim.
859
00:58:03,813 --> 00:58:07,484
I felt so guilty
about what happened to her.
860
00:58:09,944 --> 00:58:15,325
SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE
861
00:58:21,664 --> 00:58:25,376
I heard that Baksa announced
that he'd make one of his victims
862
00:58:25,460 --> 00:58:29,047
commit suicide at the SBS building.
863
00:58:29,130 --> 00:58:30,215
OJ: I AM BAKSA'S SLAVE.
864
00:58:30,298 --> 00:58:32,300
I WILL KILL MYSELF ON THE ROOFTOP
OF THE SBS BUILDING IN A FEW DAYS
865
00:58:32,383 --> 00:58:33,343
BECAUSE BAKSA'S STORY WENT ON THE AIR
866
00:58:34,969 --> 00:58:36,888
SBS
BAKSA'S SLAVE
867
00:58:42,602 --> 00:58:44,896
We only had the video at first.
868
00:58:44,979 --> 00:58:49,192
Her torso was the only thing we could see,
so we didn't have enough clues.
869
00:58:49,275 --> 00:58:52,529
We had notified the precinct in charge of
the area where the SBS building is
870
00:58:52,612 --> 00:58:53,905
just in case something happens.
871
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:57,033
And we tried to find the victim.
872
00:58:57,825 --> 00:59:01,913
She seemed really young in the video.
873
00:59:01,996 --> 00:59:06,584
In order to identify the victim,
874
00:59:06,668 --> 00:59:09,587
we analyzed all the photos
Baksa had posted previously.
875
00:59:09,671 --> 00:59:13,800
We looked for the smallest clues
that would help us find the victim.
876
00:59:14,759 --> 00:59:20,640
We went through the backed-up data
obtained from Baksa's chat rooms.
877
00:59:20,723 --> 00:59:22,642
SBS
BAKSA'S SLAVE
878
00:59:39,659 --> 00:59:42,787
SBS
BAKSA'S SLAVE
879
00:59:48,543 --> 00:59:54,132
We discovered that one of the victim's
videos and photos were similar
880
00:59:54,215 --> 00:59:58,928
to the girl in the video
who was saying she'd commit suicide.
881
00:59:59,512 --> 01:00:02,348
Eventually, we found
a video showing her face.
882
01:00:02,432 --> 01:00:06,227
In the video revealing the victim's face,
883
01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:08,646
there were books behind her.
884
01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:18,948
We found tiny letters
that looked like her name.
885
01:00:19,866 --> 01:00:22,327
That's how we found out
her name and her school.
886
01:00:22,410 --> 01:00:25,163
NURI MIDDLE SCHOOL, KIM EUN-JEONG
887
01:00:25,246 --> 01:00:28,958
After a lot of searching,
we finally managed to identify the victim.
888
01:00:29,042 --> 01:00:31,336
NURI MIDDLE SCHOOL
889
01:00:31,419 --> 01:00:33,046
SEARCH RESULTS:
890
01:00:34,547 --> 01:00:35,715
SHOW ALL
891
01:00:42,513 --> 01:00:47,060
I think it was
the day before Lunar New Year's.
892
01:00:47,143 --> 01:00:49,896
The highways have been packed with traffic
893
01:00:49,979 --> 01:00:53,775
due to the large number of people visiting
their families for the holiday season.
894
01:00:53,858 --> 01:00:58,780
Since it was the holidays,
there was so much traffic.
895
01:00:58,863 --> 01:01:02,825
I think we arrived there
at 11 p.m. or midnight.
896
01:01:02,909 --> 01:01:06,079
We decided to keep watch until the morning
897
01:01:06,162 --> 01:01:08,956
just in case the victim tried to
do something unpredictable.
898
01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:10,708
We were waiting to see
899
01:01:11,501 --> 01:01:14,462
if she'd come out looking like
she was going somewhere far.
900
01:01:15,046 --> 01:01:19,175
And we were looking at her window
on the floor where she lived
901
01:01:19,258 --> 01:01:21,302
to see if we could
detect some kind of action.
902
01:01:21,386 --> 01:01:25,765
We parked our car nearby
so we could keep an eye on her
903
01:01:26,933 --> 01:01:32,271
and took turns keeping watch
in pairs until the morning.
904
01:01:39,070 --> 01:01:41,906
We didn't approach her
right away in the morning.
905
01:01:41,989 --> 01:01:44,242
We stayed outside
to see who would come out.
906
01:01:45,868 --> 01:01:50,331
We waited a couple of hours,
but nothing happened.
907
01:01:50,415 --> 01:01:53,000
So we all went upstairs
908
01:01:53,084 --> 01:01:58,005
and met with the victim
and her parents.
909
01:01:58,089 --> 01:02:01,134
BAKSA'S SLAVE
910
01:02:01,217 --> 01:02:03,177
When we entered her room,
911
01:02:03,261 --> 01:02:08,224
we saw the string that was used
in the photo hanging from the doorknob.
912
01:02:09,225 --> 01:02:12,854
We also found notes
that she had been forced to write.
913
01:02:12,937 --> 01:02:17,275
Things like "Go, Baksa's chat room."
914
01:02:17,358 --> 01:02:20,153
All those notes were just lying around.
915
01:02:20,236 --> 01:02:23,072
Baksa had been threatening to harm her
916
01:02:23,156 --> 01:02:26,159
so she was very frightened at the time.
917
01:02:26,242 --> 01:02:28,703
She couldn't refuse to do as he said.
918
01:02:28,786 --> 01:02:32,165
Since I also have two children of my own,
I explained the situation to her parents.
919
01:02:32,248 --> 01:02:35,293
I told them that Baksa
was blackmailing their daughter
920
01:02:35,376 --> 01:02:37,378
and told them not to worry
about retaliation.
921
01:02:37,462 --> 01:02:39,046
We assured them that we'd take care of it.
922
01:02:39,130 --> 01:02:41,632
I knew we had to catch him
no matter what.
923
01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:44,302
Everyone in my unit, including myself,
924
01:02:44,802 --> 01:02:46,888
was determined to catch him.
925
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:55,521
Baksa ran three secret chat rooms
that had membership fees.
926
01:02:57,023 --> 01:03:00,109
The Hard Room
cost 250 thousand won to join,
927
01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:04,489
The High-rolling Sponsors Room
cost 500 thousand won to join…
928
01:03:04,572 --> 01:03:05,782
JTBC, SPOTLIGHT
929
01:03:05,865 --> 01:03:09,118
…and the most exclusive room
that costs a million won to join.
930
01:03:11,496 --> 01:03:15,750
It is estimated that Baksa had earned
over 100 million won from those 3 rooms.
931
01:03:15,833 --> 01:03:21,714
I monitored Baksa's Telegram chat room
while having dinner and watching our show.
932
01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:23,341
NONO: IT'S ON!
933
01:03:23,424 --> 01:03:25,510
SANGSANG: THIS IS GONNA BE FUN
934
01:03:25,593 --> 01:03:28,137
NONO: TALKING BULLSHIT FROM THE START
SEOKSA: SHE'S GODGOD'S SLAVE, NOT BAKSA'S
935
01:03:28,221 --> 01:03:30,389
HASO: ISN'T SHE IN THE 5TH ROOM?
BAKSA: HOW WOULD I KNOW?
936
01:03:30,473 --> 01:03:31,808
HOHOHONG: YOU HAVE TOO MANY SLAVES, BAKSA
937
01:03:31,891 --> 01:03:34,352
The members were all talking
about the show in the chat room.
938
01:03:34,435 --> 01:03:36,521
They tried to guess who the victims were.
939
01:03:36,604 --> 01:03:37,605
"That's so-and-so."
940
01:03:37,688 --> 01:03:39,816
"Actually, she's so-and-so."
941
01:03:39,899 --> 01:03:40,775
"Is that her?"
942
01:03:40,858 --> 01:03:42,360
They were mocking us.
943
01:03:42,443 --> 01:03:45,822
"Hey, they're calling me a hikikomori."
944
01:03:45,905 --> 01:03:46,989
"This is hilarious."
945
01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:49,283
"The Korean police said they'd catch me."
946
01:03:49,367 --> 01:03:50,201
"We'll see about that."
947
01:03:50,284 --> 01:03:53,120
The point at issue started to change
948
01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:55,998
when we mentioned Bestcoin.
949
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:57,708
That seemed to have unnerved him.
950
01:03:57,792 --> 01:03:59,293
When we mentioned Bestcoin,
951
01:04:00,002 --> 01:04:04,048
he seemed perplexed
and suddenly went quiet.
952
01:04:05,049 --> 01:04:06,884
Following a small lead,
953
01:04:06,968 --> 01:04:11,347
we found the cryptocurrency
exchange used by Baksa.
954
01:04:11,973 --> 01:04:14,392
-Have you seen this recently?
-Yes.
955
01:04:14,475 --> 01:04:20,064
The number of those being sent
to Baksa was estimated at around 100.
956
01:04:21,357 --> 01:04:23,192
CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE PLATFORM
957
01:04:23,276 --> 01:04:28,197
USED BY BAKSA TO SELL
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
958
01:04:28,281 --> 01:04:32,368
He started complaining
that we were ruining his business.
959
01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:36,330
The members started panicking too,
asking if they were going to get caught.
960
01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:40,126
I think there were about a thousand
people in the chat room that day.
961
01:04:40,209 --> 01:04:43,004
BAKSA: WHAT?
962
01:04:43,087 --> 01:04:44,755
HANA: THEY FOUND BESTCOIN
NONO: NO WAY
963
01:04:44,839 --> 01:04:49,218
EVERYONE WHO'S SENT MONEY IS SCREWED
CHAECHISEU: THEY WILL FIND THE DEPOSITORS
964
01:04:49,302 --> 01:04:52,305
HORIRI: WHAT DO WE DO NOW, BAKSA?
965
01:04:52,388 --> 01:04:56,726
After that,
he started to explain the situation.
966
01:05:00,021 --> 01:05:03,649
BAKSA: I UNDERSTAND MANY OF YOU
ARE WORRIED AFTER WATCHING THE SHOW
967
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:06,861
MANY OF MY CUSTOMERS
HAVE ASKED ME IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY
968
01:05:06,944 --> 01:05:10,114
He told them that those who paid to join
the most expensive rooms were safe.
969
01:05:10,197 --> 01:05:13,159
I HAVE PROVED MYSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN
I HAVE OVERCOME A LOT
970
01:05:13,242 --> 01:05:16,287
YOU CAN TRUST ME AND JOIN THE ROOMS
971
01:05:16,370 --> 01:05:21,459
Baksa continued to send messages
about how he was still totally safe.
972
01:05:21,542 --> 01:05:26,213
Then he opened different accounts
for different kinds of cryptocurrency.
973
01:05:26,297 --> 01:05:29,216
I think he tried
to change his modus operandi a bit.
974
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:30,635
BAKSA: THIS IS MY NEW ACCOUNT
975
01:05:30,718 --> 01:05:34,263
MONERO
FOR INQUIRIES, BAKSAYA
976
01:05:34,347 --> 01:05:37,391
I'VE SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT
BITCOIN
977
01:05:37,475 --> 01:05:41,187
YOU CAN PAY ME HERE NOW
ETHEREUM
978
01:05:41,270 --> 01:05:44,398
We thought following the money
would help us obtain a clear lead
979
01:05:44,482 --> 01:05:46,984
because there had to be
a monetary transaction
980
01:05:47,068 --> 01:05:48,736
for this crime to be completed.
981
01:05:48,819 --> 01:05:50,988
At first, we didn't put
much thought into it.
982
01:05:51,072 --> 01:05:53,658
But since his earnings
from his crimes were hidden there,
983
01:05:54,659 --> 01:05:57,078
we thought the information
regarding his accounts could be useful.
984
01:05:57,161 --> 01:06:01,499
So we sent
all the screenshots to the police.
985
01:06:01,582 --> 01:06:03,250
BAKSA: I'VE SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT
BITCOIN
986
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:06,462
YOU CAN PAY ME HERE NOW
ETHEREUM
987
01:06:06,545 --> 01:06:09,924
Baksa had to get his hands on the money.
988
01:06:10,549 --> 01:06:14,595
So when people sent cryptocurrency
payments through a platform,
989
01:06:14,679 --> 01:06:19,016
he had to get that money somehow,
by cashing it out or using other methods.
990
01:06:19,100 --> 01:06:22,186
So we focused on finding out
991
01:06:22,269 --> 01:06:27,024
how the payments were being cashed out
and who was getting the money in the end.
992
01:06:27,900 --> 01:06:30,736
We discovered Baksa actually tried
to cash out all the payments
993
01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:32,863
that had been sent to his Monero wallet.
994
01:06:32,947 --> 01:06:35,282
People at Bestcoin told us
995
01:06:35,366 --> 01:06:37,410
he wanted to cash out
about five million won.
996
01:06:37,493 --> 01:06:41,080
He told them via Telegram that he'd
send a 9th grader to pick up the cash,
997
01:06:41,163 --> 01:06:44,291
and a 9th grader actually came
and picked up the five million won.
998
01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:50,339
BAKSA: GO TO THE EXCHANGE AND
CASH OUT THE COINS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED
999
01:06:50,423 --> 01:06:54,093
BDBD: YES, SIR
1000
01:06:54,176 --> 01:06:58,180
Baksa seemed to have figured out
a way to monetize the Nth Rooms
1001
01:06:58,264 --> 01:07:02,727
using the experiences he had
with his previous illicit activities.
1002
01:07:02,810 --> 01:07:05,354
He somehow knew that having
the payments sent to him
1003
01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:07,982
through messenger apps
or directly to his bank account,
1004
01:07:08,065 --> 01:07:10,359
or even fake accounts
and burner phones was risky.
1005
01:07:10,443 --> 01:07:13,571
So he only accepted
cryptocurrency payments
1006
01:07:13,654 --> 01:07:15,406
and when he wanted to cash them out,
1007
01:07:15,489 --> 01:07:18,868
he got people to pick up the cash
and used the "throwing" method.
1008
01:07:19,660 --> 01:07:23,789
BAKSA: THROW THEM AT OUR USUAL SPOT
1009
01:07:23,873 --> 01:07:25,458
A Chinese man who dealt drugs
1010
01:07:25,541 --> 01:07:28,044
by "throwing" the drugs
at specific locations
1011
01:07:28,127 --> 01:07:30,588
for his clients to pick up
has been arrested.
1012
01:07:30,671 --> 01:07:34,467
A man who has sneaked into an alleyway
in the dark of night checks his cell phone
1013
01:07:34,550 --> 01:07:37,887
then leaves a suspicious parcel
below the AC unit and leaves.
1014
01:07:37,970 --> 01:07:43,100
This is a new method
of dealing drugs called "throwing."
1015
01:07:43,184 --> 01:07:47,897
He didn't use the common methods
that we had seen in the past,
1016
01:07:47,980 --> 01:07:51,108
such as receiving gift certificates
in exchange for such videos.
1017
01:07:51,192 --> 01:07:52,568
The way he received payments
1018
01:07:52,651 --> 01:07:55,613
and got people to "throw" cash
in certain places
1019
01:07:55,696 --> 01:07:59,450
was very similar to
what we had seen in phone scams.
1020
01:07:59,533 --> 01:08:01,368
I'd say it was almost identical.
1021
01:08:01,452 --> 01:08:04,580
An old man returns home
with a paper bag full of money.
1022
01:08:05,372 --> 01:08:08,834
He was blackmailed to
withdraw cash from his bank account
1023
01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:10,628
and leave the money at his front door
1024
01:08:10,711 --> 01:08:13,214
because his personal information
had been compromised.
1025
01:08:13,297 --> 01:08:15,257
He had become a victim of a phone scam.
1026
01:08:15,841 --> 01:08:20,429
The 11 million won he had left
at his door quickly disappeared.
1027
01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:22,681
It made us think
1028
01:08:22,765 --> 01:08:25,226
that he could be involved
in phone scams as well.
1029
01:08:25,309 --> 01:08:26,894
That could be very much possible.
1030
01:08:26,977 --> 01:08:32,233
We had a list of Baksa's IDs and accounts
that he was using on Telegram.
1031
01:08:32,316 --> 01:08:35,277
THE ONE AND ONLY STAR BAKSA
1032
01:08:35,361 --> 01:08:36,445
CONTACT VIA TELEGRAM
1033
01:08:36,529 --> 01:08:37,655
IF YOU NEED MONEY, CONTACT ME
1034
01:08:37,738 --> 01:08:41,575
LOOKING FOR ONLINE SHOPPING MALL MODELS
CONTACT: TELEGRAM ID K8GOOSE
1035
01:08:41,659 --> 01:08:43,202
COPY USERNAME
1036
01:08:48,833 --> 01:08:51,502
Some IDs that Baksa used on Telegram
1037
01:08:51,585 --> 01:08:54,171
could be identical to those
that were used in phone scams.
1038
01:08:54,255 --> 01:08:57,550
TELEGRAM ID, CHDRL098
SOLD PERSONAL INFO TO USE IN PHONE SCAMS
1039
01:08:59,176 --> 01:09:01,554
TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
SIMILAR TO PHONE SCAMS
1040
01:09:01,637 --> 01:09:03,514
When Baksa introduced himself
in his Telegram chat rooms
1041
01:09:03,597 --> 01:09:07,309
he'd say that he ran
a private investigation agency.
1042
01:09:07,393 --> 01:09:08,519
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
1043
01:09:08,602 --> 01:09:11,021
So we looked up the agencies
that might be linked to those IDs.
1044
01:09:11,105 --> 01:09:15,901
It was like looking
for a needle in a haystack.
1045
01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:18,195
We solely focused on his Telegram IDs.
1046
01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:19,321
Using the list of IDs we had,
1047
01:09:19,405 --> 01:09:24,326
we looked for past cases
that Baksa's IDs were involved with.
1048
01:09:24,410 --> 01:09:26,996
And during our search…
1049
01:09:27,079 --> 01:09:29,456
LIM ***-*** (TELEGRAM ID, MON21134)
1050
01:09:29,957 --> 01:09:33,294
DESPITE KNOWING CHOI ***'S CRIMES
JEONG ***-***'S TELEGRAM ID, HOTHOT09 WAS
1051
01:09:35,045 --> 01:09:39,300
KIM ***-*** AND LEE ***-***
UNDER THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
1052
01:09:39,383 --> 01:09:41,010
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
DATE: MARCH 2019
1053
01:09:41,093 --> 01:09:42,803
ACCUSED: KIM, LEE
CHARGE: NARCOTICS FRAUD USING TELEGRAM
1054
01:09:42,887 --> 01:09:44,889
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
1055
01:09:46,599 --> 01:09:51,437
We found several narcotics
and firearms fraud cases from the past.
1056
01:09:53,522 --> 01:09:57,943
The couriers in those cases
were Kim and Lee.
1057
01:09:58,986 --> 01:10:02,740
INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS FRAUD
1058
01:10:02,823 --> 01:10:05,201
HANDLED ILLEGAL FUNDS
FROM CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
1059
01:10:05,284 --> 01:10:08,787
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
UNRELATED TO THE BAKSA CASE
1060
01:10:08,871 --> 01:10:11,707
We discovered that the Telegram ID
Kim and Lee both mentioned…
1061
01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:14,752
CASE SUMMARY
1062
01:10:14,835 --> 01:10:18,714
KIM AND LEE WERE CONTACTED ONLINE
AND GIVEN ORDERS BY MR. BAK
1063
01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:25,221
WHO USED THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE,
AND RAN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
1064
01:10:28,641 --> 01:10:31,685
…was the same as the ID…
1065
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:33,687
GO TAKE A NUDE SELFIE IN THE BATHROOM NOW
1066
01:10:33,771 --> 01:10:35,981
…that Baksa was using in this case.
1067
01:10:45,115 --> 01:10:50,913
Both Lee and Kim were under arrest
with other charges at the time.
1068
01:10:50,996 --> 01:10:53,374
They were convicted with
about four to five charges.
1069
01:10:53,999 --> 01:10:55,000
CASE SUMMARY
1070
01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:58,045
KIM AND LEE WERE CONTACTED ONLINE
AND GIVEN ORDERS BY MR. BAK
1071
01:10:58,128 --> 01:11:00,381
WHO USED THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
1072
01:11:00,464 --> 01:11:04,593
You'd usually see a single count on
the case reports, but they were convicted
1073
01:11:04,677 --> 01:11:07,972
under drug trafficking charges,
firearms trafficking charges,
1074
01:11:08,055 --> 01:11:09,807
and fraud charges, all separately.
1075
01:11:09,890 --> 01:11:12,476
And they both said
that they were working for…
1076
01:11:12,559 --> 01:11:16,230
LEFT THE MONEY FROM THE VICTIMS
BY A FIRE HYDRANT AS PER MR. BAK'S ORDER
1077
01:11:16,313 --> 01:11:21,443
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO MR. BAK IS
AND WERE GIVEN ORDERS VIA TELEGRAM
1078
01:11:21,527 --> 01:11:23,362
…an agency run by
someone named Mr. Bak.
1079
01:11:23,862 --> 01:11:28,075
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
1080
01:11:28,158 --> 01:11:30,035
There were
1081
01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:32,913
about 70 to 80 chat rooms
that Baksa had created.
1082
01:11:32,997 --> 01:11:36,125
When we looked through all the chat rooms,
1083
01:11:36,208 --> 01:11:38,544
he often mentioned that he ran
a private investigation agency.
1084
01:11:38,627 --> 01:11:41,547
He could have been lying,
but it could have been true as well.
1085
01:11:41,630 --> 01:11:44,383
So we suspected
that Kim and Lee could be close to him
1086
01:11:44,466 --> 01:11:46,593
or that maybe one of them
was Baksa himself.
1087
01:11:53,392 --> 01:11:57,146
We specified dozens of suspects
who we thought could be Baksa.
1088
01:11:57,229 --> 01:12:01,817
We kept narrowing down the list
by the process of elimination.
1089
01:12:01,900 --> 01:12:04,111
Eventually, we were left with one suspect.
1090
01:12:14,455 --> 01:12:19,001
BAKSA: BUDDA, DID YOU PICK UP THE CASH?
1091
01:12:19,084 --> 01:12:22,004
BUDDA: YES
1092
01:12:22,087 --> 01:12:26,508
BAKSA: THROW THEM AT OUR USUAL SPOT
1093
01:12:26,592 --> 01:12:33,599
BAKSA ROOM
1094
01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:37,936
BAKSA'S RIGHT-HAND MAN
1095
01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:40,606
PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION VIDEOS
1096
01:12:40,689 --> 01:12:43,692
HANDLED ILLICIT FUNDS FOR BAKSA
1097
01:12:52,659 --> 01:12:56,121
One day, Baksa told Budda
to open a cryptocurrency account,
1098
01:12:56,205 --> 01:13:01,085
withdraw money from it
and throw it somewhere for him.
1099
01:13:01,168 --> 01:13:06,215
Budda was already
in police custody for some other case.
1100
01:13:06,298 --> 01:13:08,384
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
1101
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,137
DATE: NOVEMBER 2019
SUSPECT: KANG (TELEGRAM ID 'BUDDA')
1102
01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:14,056
CHARGE: STALKING A MINOR
1103
01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:15,974
STATEMENT
1104
01:13:16,058 --> 01:13:20,646
Q: YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR STALKING A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
1105
01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:24,316
WAS THIS CONNECTED TO THE BAKSA ROOM CASE?
1106
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:31,407
A: NO, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE BAKSA ROOM CASE
1107
01:13:31,490 --> 01:13:34,493
While admitting to the crime he committed,
1108
01:13:34,576 --> 01:13:38,831
he stated that
he was just Baksa's errand boy.
1109
01:13:38,914 --> 01:13:40,749
We asked him, "What kinds of errands?"
1110
01:13:40,833 --> 01:13:44,211
Under Baksa's orders,
Budda created cryptocurrency accounts,
1111
01:13:44,294 --> 01:13:48,298
cashed the payment that Baksa received
into his own bank account
1112
01:13:48,382 --> 01:13:51,343
and delivered the money to Baksa.
1113
01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:54,888
He claimed he was blackmailed
by Baksa to throw money somewhere for him.
1114
01:13:59,351 --> 01:14:01,687
It was the same for Lee and Kim.
1115
01:14:01,770 --> 01:14:04,523
They collected the money
from their narcotics and firearms frauds
1116
01:14:04,606 --> 01:14:06,483
and left them somewhere
for Baksa to retrieve.
1117
01:14:09,653 --> 01:14:12,489
There were several locations.
1118
01:14:12,573 --> 01:14:19,079
We were able to
narrow down the locations
1119
01:14:19,163 --> 01:14:21,790
that Baksa had used
for the delivery of his funds.
1120
01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:24,042
Lee, Kim, and Budda
1121
01:14:24,126 --> 01:14:29,631
had all previously delivered money to
one of those locations in the past.
1122
01:14:32,259 --> 01:14:35,304
SUWON
1123
01:14:39,516 --> 01:14:41,351
A fire hydrant in an apartment building.
1124
01:14:42,853 --> 01:14:46,482
FIRE HYDRANT
1125
01:14:46,565 --> 01:14:48,650
It was a fire hydrant
in an apartment building.
1126
01:14:48,734 --> 01:14:51,987
We confirmed that
cash had been left inside.
1127
01:14:52,070 --> 01:14:53,947
We had to find the final destination.
1128
01:14:54,031 --> 01:14:55,866
Simply put,
1129
01:14:56,366 --> 01:14:59,495
the person who takes the money
in the end would most likely be Baksa.
1130
01:14:59,578 --> 01:15:02,122
So we kept tracking the money.
1131
01:15:02,206 --> 01:15:06,001
Our whole team
did stakeouts for about a month.
1132
01:15:14,134 --> 01:15:16,929
We believed that someone in the apartment
1133
01:15:17,012 --> 01:15:19,181
had been collecting money
from the fire hydrant.
1134
01:15:21,225 --> 01:15:23,143
Based on the information we obtained
1135
01:15:23,227 --> 01:15:26,563
about the dates and times of the drop-offs
and the specific fire hydrants…
1136
01:15:26,647 --> 01:15:31,693
We looked through
months' worth of CCTV footage
1137
01:15:31,777 --> 01:15:36,406
to see who took the elevator
and who walked up and down the stairs.
1138
01:15:36,490 --> 01:15:39,034
Sometimes, they'd get off
on that very floor.
1139
01:15:39,117 --> 01:15:41,328
But there were times
when they got off on a different floor
1140
01:15:41,411 --> 01:15:43,539
and used the stairs
to get to the fire hydrant.
1141
01:15:43,622 --> 01:15:45,415
In the process of analyzing the footage…
1142
01:15:55,592 --> 01:15:59,179
we spotted a suspicious resident
and started tailing her.
1143
01:15:59,263 --> 01:16:01,557
She looked young
1144
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:04,393
but she'd wire a large amount
of money using an ATM.
1145
01:16:04,476 --> 01:16:09,106
She would usually act normally,
hanging out with her friends and stuff.
1146
01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:16,947
But on certain days,
1147
01:16:17,030 --> 01:16:21,994
we saw that she took the subway
to go somewhere far
1148
01:16:22,077 --> 01:16:25,789
to meet someone.
1149
01:16:27,082 --> 01:16:29,793
So we investigated all her routes,
1150
01:16:29,876 --> 01:16:32,379
kept a record of when
they met, when they parted ways,
1151
01:16:32,462 --> 01:16:35,424
and what was happening
in the chat rooms after the meetings.
1152
01:16:35,507 --> 01:16:37,801
We analyzed everything.
1153
01:16:37,884 --> 01:16:41,888
If Baksa was seen in the chat rooms
while they were meeting,
1154
01:16:41,972 --> 01:16:43,640
then it probably wasn't Baksa.
1155
01:16:43,724 --> 01:16:45,183
But he was barely seen in the chat rooms.
1156
01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:47,185
NONO: WHERE'S BAKSA?
SANGSANG: WHERE DID MR. BAK GO?
1157
01:16:47,269 --> 01:16:49,896
So we tracked that man again.
1158
01:16:49,980 --> 01:16:52,399
He went to another location
after meeting that girl.
1159
01:16:52,482 --> 01:16:57,946
And he met another man at a new location.
1160
01:16:59,072 --> 01:17:03,702
According to the claim
that Baksa made in the chat room,
1161
01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:06,288
he was living abroad
1162
01:17:06,371 --> 01:17:09,916
and apparently had his men collect
and wire his money to him.
1163
01:17:17,883 --> 01:17:19,301
If that were true,
1164
01:17:19,384 --> 01:17:23,221
that man would have passed on the money
to another man in a different location.
1165
01:17:27,267 --> 01:17:29,936
But it was the other way around.
1166
01:17:30,020 --> 01:17:32,689
He collected money from the other man.
1167
01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:35,192
The money from the fire hydrant…
1168
01:17:37,944 --> 01:17:39,655
and the money from the other man.
1169
01:17:41,698 --> 01:17:44,826
We saw that this man
was collecting all the money.
1170
01:17:45,577 --> 01:17:46,912
So, with this…
1171
01:17:48,705 --> 01:17:50,332
we concluded that it had to be him.
1172
01:18:00,258 --> 01:18:05,180
BAKSA ROOM
1173
01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:06,556
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1174
01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:29,287
There were around 40 of us
working on the case that day.
1175
01:18:29,371 --> 01:18:33,208
One group was tailing him.
1176
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:34,876
In the subway station…
1177
01:18:35,752 --> 01:18:37,796
And others were
on a stakeout along the routes
1178
01:18:38,505 --> 01:18:42,175
from the subway
and the bus station to his home.
1179
01:18:42,259 --> 01:18:46,221
And another group
was on a stakeout near his home.
1180
01:18:46,805 --> 01:18:50,350
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1181
01:18:50,434 --> 01:18:53,812
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1182
01:18:53,895 --> 01:18:57,774
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1183
01:18:57,858 --> 01:19:02,988
If we knocked on his door
and barged in when he was home,
1184
01:19:03,071 --> 01:19:07,534
he'd obviously try
to get rid of all the evidence.
1185
01:19:07,617 --> 01:19:10,704
We had to arrest him
while he was still logged in on Telegram
1186
01:19:10,787 --> 01:19:12,205
to obtain solid evidence.
1187
01:19:12,289 --> 01:19:16,001
The thing about Telegram
is that everything gets deleted
1188
01:19:16,084 --> 01:19:17,919
when you log out.
1189
01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:22,632
So we waited for the right time.
1190
01:19:22,716 --> 01:19:24,843
From around 6 or 7 a.m.
1191
01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:27,429
I think we were on a stakeout
for about eight to nine hours.
1192
01:19:29,306 --> 01:19:31,475
There was no movement for hours.
1193
01:19:31,558 --> 01:19:35,854
Then, finally, around 4:30 to 5 p.m…
1194
01:19:38,482 --> 01:19:41,318
he left the house to go for a bike ride.
1195
01:19:41,401 --> 01:19:47,908
It seemed like his father
was teaching him how to ride a bike.
1196
01:19:48,408 --> 01:19:49,868
Then they went back home.
1197
01:19:50,368 --> 01:19:52,954
We were continuously monitoring
his Telegram chat rooms as well.
1198
01:19:53,038 --> 01:19:55,290
We were waiting on the roof of his house.
1199
01:20:23,693 --> 01:20:30,700
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1200
01:20:31,201 --> 01:20:37,582
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1201
01:20:37,666 --> 01:20:44,673
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
1202
01:20:45,674 --> 01:20:50,929
SEOUL JONGNO POLICE STATION
1203
01:20:56,810 --> 01:20:59,187
I personally think that
it was premeditated.
1204
01:20:59,271 --> 01:21:01,815
For the people's right to know
and to prevent crimes…
1205
01:21:05,569 --> 01:21:06,945
Do you have anything to say
to the victims?
1206
01:21:07,028 --> 01:21:12,409
Thank you for putting an end to the life
of a demon that I could not stop.
1207
01:21:12,492 --> 01:21:14,953
Do you admit to the charge
of distributing pornography?
1208
01:21:17,998 --> 01:21:19,583
Don't you feel guilty?
1209
01:21:23,753 --> 01:21:25,213
Don't you feel guilty?
1210
01:21:31,136 --> 01:21:32,846
Do you admit to the charges?
1211
01:21:33,346 --> 01:21:34,180
Mr. Bak!
1212
01:21:35,140 --> 01:21:38,685
It's me, Mr. Choi! Why did you lie to us?
1213
01:21:38,768 --> 01:21:40,061
Don't you feel guilty?
1214
01:21:40,645 --> 01:21:42,814
Don't you want to
apologize to your victims?
1215
01:21:42,898 --> 01:21:43,732
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
1216
01:21:43,815 --> 01:21:44,774
Mr. Bak!
1217
01:21:49,321 --> 01:21:50,488
Repent!
1218
01:21:57,579 --> 01:22:01,917
The day after Cho Ju-bin's interview,
a story about him was on the front page.
1219
01:22:02,792 --> 01:22:06,087
When I saw his face on the front page,
1220
01:22:06,171 --> 01:22:07,505
I stomped on it.
1221
01:22:07,589 --> 01:22:09,758
That's how much I despised him.
1222
01:22:09,841 --> 01:22:11,801
Although Baksa was caught,
1223
01:22:11,885 --> 01:22:15,680
the victims never got
a word of apology out of him.
1224
01:22:15,764 --> 01:22:19,017
Baksa being arrested
wasn't the end of it all.
1225
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:21,770
If Baksa is labeled as "a demon,"
1226
01:22:21,853 --> 01:22:24,648
millions of others who
had participated in those chat rooms
1227
01:22:24,731 --> 01:22:26,816
would seem less evil by comparison.
1228
01:22:26,900 --> 01:22:29,486
By referring to himself as "a demon,"
1229
01:22:29,569 --> 01:22:33,615
I got the sense that he was trying to
put himself on a pedestal.
1230
01:22:33,698 --> 01:22:37,243
Almost as if he was boasting
that his deeds were unparalleled.
1231
01:22:39,162 --> 01:22:41,957
I was disgusted by
the fact that he called himself that.
1232
01:22:43,249 --> 01:22:49,297
Cho Ju-bin and other accomplices
of the Baksa Rooms are being arrested.
1233
01:22:49,381 --> 01:22:52,175
However, the whereabouts of Godgod,
1234
01:22:52,258 --> 01:22:54,594
the initial creator
of the Nth Rooms is still a mystery.
1235
01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:57,222
BAKSA ROOM
1236
01:22:59,766 --> 01:23:03,687
NTH ROOMS
1237
01:23:08,733 --> 01:23:14,948
LAST ONLINE 11 MONTHS AGO
1238
01:23:15,031 --> 01:23:18,034
CURRENTLY ONLINE
1239
01:23:23,206 --> 01:23:27,627
I heard that Godgod wanted to meet me
1240
01:23:27,711 --> 01:23:31,673
after the show aired on Y-Story.
1241
01:23:32,924 --> 01:23:34,551
He said this in one of the chat rooms.
1242
01:23:34,634 --> 01:23:35,885
GODGOD IS TYPING
1243
01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:38,513
GODGOD: TELL JEONG JAE-WON AT Y-STORY
TO CONTACT ME IF YOU SEE HIM LOL
1244
01:23:38,596 --> 01:23:40,557
ADFS: GODGOD, YOU'RE BACK
1245
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:44,477
ADFDF: ARE YOU REALLY GODGOD?
1246
01:23:45,061 --> 01:23:47,731
If something on the show provoked him,
1247
01:23:47,814 --> 01:23:50,233
there was only one thing I could think of.
1248
01:23:51,192 --> 01:23:52,944
The part where Baksa mentioned Godgod.
1249
01:23:53,611 --> 01:23:55,822
"Godgod produces low-quality content."
1250
01:23:56,531 --> 01:23:57,907
I think that's what provoked him.
1251
01:23:58,658 --> 01:23:59,868
This was what got him
1252
01:24:01,202 --> 01:24:02,579
riled up.
1253
01:24:04,956 --> 01:24:06,416
THIS IS SBS Y-STORY'S
PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEONG JAE-WON
1254
01:24:07,917 --> 01:24:10,462
HELLO, MR. JEONG
1255
01:24:11,296 --> 01:24:13,173
RED: HELLO, MR. JEONG
1256
01:24:13,256 --> 01:24:19,220
WE'RE A TEAM OF HACKERS
TRYING TO TRACK DOWN GODGOD
1257
01:24:19,304 --> 01:24:21,473
I'll just call them "Red Team."
1258
01:24:21,556 --> 01:24:23,099
They're a team of hackers.
1259
01:24:24,017 --> 01:24:28,480
They said they were
capable of tracking him down
1260
01:24:28,563 --> 01:24:30,190
and were already working on it.
1261
01:24:30,273 --> 01:24:32,567
They said they had already
collected a large amount of data
1262
01:24:32,650 --> 01:24:36,863
and had the means to obtain
his personal information and address.
1263
01:24:37,697 --> 01:24:39,532
They were legitimate.
1264
01:24:41,785 --> 01:24:44,120
RED TEAM
AN ANONYMOUS HACKER GROUP
1265
01:24:44,204 --> 01:24:48,833
TRACED GODGOD AND HANDED HIS INFO
OVER TO PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEONG JAE-WON
1266
01:24:48,917 --> 01:24:52,170
The Red Team contacted Godgod
pretending to be one of his followers
1267
01:24:52,253 --> 01:24:53,755
and told him…
1268
01:24:54,339 --> 01:24:56,216
SEND DIRECT MESSAGE
1269
01:24:57,133 --> 01:25:02,889
THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR IS COLLECTING
TIP-OFFS ABOUT YOU THROUGH THIS LINK
1270
01:25:02,972 --> 01:25:07,227
SBS IS COLLECTING INFORMATION
ABOUT NTH ROOMS
1271
01:25:08,561 --> 01:25:10,980
And Godgod clicked on that link.
1272
01:25:11,564 --> 01:25:12,857
We finally got a lead on him.
1273
01:25:12,941 --> 01:25:16,152
There were scripts embedded on the page.
1274
01:25:19,781 --> 01:25:22,826
KANG IN-WOOK, WHITE HACKER
RAON WHITEHAT
1275
01:25:22,909 --> 01:25:26,663
In the digital world,
1276
01:25:26,746 --> 01:25:30,959
you inevitably end up leaving traces
once you're connected to a network.
1277
01:25:31,042 --> 01:25:36,756
Criminals cannot hide forever
because of that reason.
1278
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:40,009
I reviewed the data from the Red Team.
1279
01:25:40,093 --> 01:25:43,054
There were hidden codes
that could extract information on Godgod.
1280
01:25:43,138 --> 01:25:47,142
So we could say that
he fell for the exact same trick
1281
01:25:47,225 --> 01:25:49,435
that he had used on his victims.
1282
01:25:49,519 --> 01:25:53,606
This is Godgod's IP address,
and we can see more details.
1283
01:25:54,732 --> 01:25:58,403
We were able to see
the cell phone model that he was using.
1284
01:25:58,486 --> 01:26:01,948
If you look up the IP address,
you can see the location.
1285
01:26:04,075 --> 01:26:05,326
It was Anseong.
1286
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:08,913
It was a building in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do.
1287
01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:14,669
He was using a public Wi-Fi network
on his Samsung Galaxy Note 5
1288
01:26:14,752 --> 01:26:17,088
when he clicked on the link.
1289
01:26:17,797 --> 01:26:20,884
We were able to obtain
this information through Red Team.
1290
01:26:36,065 --> 01:26:38,651
The police had a warrant issued
based on the reported IP address.
1291
01:26:39,277 --> 01:26:42,030
Then the Internet service provider
informed the police that the IP address
1292
01:26:42,113 --> 01:26:47,452
belonged to a wireless router
used by a company in Anseong.
1293
01:26:57,545 --> 01:27:00,882
GYEONGBUK PROVINCIAL POLICE
1294
01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:04,469
We had a list of IP addresses
associated with him.
1295
01:27:04,552 --> 01:27:08,848
In order to track the multiple
IP addresses that Godgod had been using,
1296
01:27:08,932 --> 01:27:14,729
we drew circles around
the locations of the IP addresses.
1297
01:27:14,812 --> 01:27:19,776
Then we listed the suspects
living in the area
1298
01:27:19,859 --> 01:27:22,445
where the circles overlapped.
1299
01:27:32,872 --> 01:27:37,168
We were able to specify a house
that seemed to be Godgod's residence.
1300
01:27:37,252 --> 01:27:40,338
He usually committed
the crimes at his apartment
1301
01:27:40,421 --> 01:27:42,507
or his parent's place.
1302
01:27:42,590 --> 01:27:45,468
He got the tools
he needed from his father's shop.
1303
01:27:53,142 --> 01:27:55,478
His father ran a junk shop.
1304
01:27:55,561 --> 01:27:57,814
There were a lot of
discarded phones there,
1305
01:27:57,897 --> 01:27:59,983
so he kept switching phones.
1306
01:28:00,066 --> 01:28:04,195
He'd either use a discarded phone
or instead of using his personal router,
1307
01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:06,197
he'd use someone else's router.
1308
01:28:06,281 --> 01:28:12,745
He used every Wi-Fi network
around him that didn't require a password.
1309
01:28:12,829 --> 01:28:17,125
It was hard to catch him
because he was using IP addresses
1310
01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:19,335
assigned to other people's routers.
1311
01:28:21,337 --> 01:28:22,213
CONNECTING
1312
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:30,096
And since he was using Wi-Fi extenders
to connect to them from afar,
1313
01:28:30,179 --> 01:28:32,890
the police couldn't
get his exact location.
1314
01:28:52,535 --> 01:28:55,204
He even got rid
of the routers periodically.
1315
01:28:55,288 --> 01:28:59,792
We confirmed that
he destroyed all the evidence
1316
01:28:59,876 --> 01:29:03,838
when the case became known
to the public between January and March.
1317
01:29:04,547 --> 01:29:09,135
Godgod initially saved the videos
of his victims on his SD cards,
1318
01:29:09,218 --> 01:29:12,055
which he disposed of periodically.
1319
01:29:17,143 --> 01:29:21,064
Before disposing of them, he uploaded
the videos to a cloud storage named Mega
1320
01:29:21,147 --> 01:29:25,234
and shared the links
to the Telegram chat rooms.
1321
01:29:25,318 --> 01:29:26,861
GODGOD: IT'S UPLOADED TO MEGA
1322
01:29:29,906 --> 01:29:33,785
He used a disposable email address
to create an account for the cloud server,
1323
01:29:33,868 --> 01:29:36,788
so he couldn't
remember the password himself .
1324
01:29:36,871 --> 01:29:39,540
He only used
the account to distribute the videos.
1325
01:29:39,624 --> 01:29:42,001
There was a video
that Godgod had recorded,
1326
01:29:42,085 --> 01:29:44,504
which showed his phone's home screen.
1327
01:29:44,587 --> 01:29:47,465
TELEGRAM
1328
01:29:59,268 --> 01:30:01,896
4TH ROOM, GODGOD
LIVE SLAVE EVENT
1329
01:30:01,979 --> 01:30:03,940
WE HAVE A NEW SLAVE
LOOK FORWARD TO IT
1330
01:30:04,023 --> 01:30:07,527
We could see the applications
installed on his phone.
1331
01:30:10,363 --> 01:30:15,326
Many of them weren't commonly used apps.
1332
01:30:15,409 --> 01:30:19,580
Apps like Mobizen, TextNow,
a lesbian dating app, and so on.
1333
01:30:25,169 --> 01:30:30,091
When we visited the junk shop,
we saw a lot of old phones.
1334
01:30:30,174 --> 01:30:32,468
There was a huge pile of them.
1335
01:30:32,552 --> 01:30:35,888
We believed there was a high probability
that those were used in his crimes,
1336
01:30:35,972 --> 01:30:39,892
so we seized dozens
of phones from the junk shop.
1337
01:30:39,976 --> 01:30:44,105
We narrowed them down to a few
that seemed to have been used by him
1338
01:30:44,188 --> 01:30:46,440
and performed a digital forensic analysis.
1339
01:31:00,163 --> 01:31:04,167
GODGOD'S PHONE, SUSPECT'S PHONE
1340
01:31:04,250 --> 01:31:06,419
Mobizen, a lesbian dating app,
1341
01:31:06,502 --> 01:31:10,548
three different Twitter accounts,
and TextNow.
1342
01:31:16,345 --> 01:31:20,433
Similar applications
were installed on both phones.
1343
01:31:20,516 --> 01:31:23,060
So we concluded
that the suspect was Godgod.
1344
01:31:27,190 --> 01:31:30,943
We showed him the phones
that we seized from the junk shop
1345
01:31:31,027 --> 01:31:34,363
and asked him if they belonged to him.
1346
01:31:34,447 --> 01:31:36,949
He hesitated a bit
1347
01:31:37,033 --> 01:31:42,455
but eventually admitted that he is Godgod.
1348
01:31:45,499 --> 01:31:48,586
The Telegram chat rooms
that shared sexually exploitative videos…
1349
01:31:48,669 --> 01:31:49,712
The Nth Rooms…
1350
01:31:49,795 --> 01:31:51,214
The initial creator…
1351
01:31:51,297 --> 01:31:52,340
-Godgod…
-Godgod
1352
01:31:52,423 --> 01:31:53,716
has been arrested.
1353
01:31:53,799 --> 01:31:56,469
A man is being escorted out by the police.
1354
01:31:57,220 --> 01:32:00,389
He has a round face
and is wearing glasses.
1355
01:32:00,473 --> 01:32:03,017
Godgod's expression
seems indifferent and calm.
1356
01:32:03,100 --> 01:32:04,936
This is the first time Moon Hyung-wook,
1357
01:32:05,019 --> 01:32:07,021
Godgod's face,
is being revealed to the public.
1358
01:32:07,813 --> 01:32:09,774
Even as he is apologizing,
1359
01:32:09,857 --> 01:32:12,568
he doesn't seem
to be feeling an ounce of regret.
1360
01:32:13,319 --> 01:32:16,280
I want to tell the victims
and their families that I'm sorry.
1361
01:32:16,364 --> 01:32:17,990
What was the purpose of those crimes?
1362
01:32:18,741 --> 01:32:22,203
I think I had corrupt sexual ethics.
1363
01:32:22,286 --> 01:32:23,788
What's your relationship with Cho Ju-bin?
1364
01:32:23,871 --> 01:32:25,289
I do not know him.
1365
01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:26,791
-Say something to the victims.
-That's enough.
1366
01:32:26,874 --> 01:32:28,584
-Please stop now.
-I'm sorry.
1367
01:32:29,335 --> 01:32:30,503
Step down.
1368
01:32:31,504 --> 01:32:32,880
Over here!
1369
01:32:33,923 --> 01:32:35,091
Excuse me.
1370
01:32:35,716 --> 01:32:36,634
Hey, over here!
1371
01:32:53,442 --> 01:32:56,195
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
1372
01:32:56,279 --> 01:32:57,530
She was a young kid.
1373
01:32:59,573 --> 01:33:01,534
When I first got the phone call,
1374
01:33:02,493 --> 01:33:04,412
something felt off.
1375
01:33:04,495 --> 01:33:08,708
You know, the sounds that we hear
in our everyday lives…
1376
01:33:09,583 --> 01:33:14,547
Something that young kids would say like,
"Mom, I'm talking on the phone."
1377
01:33:14,630 --> 01:33:17,133
I could also tell that the TV was on,
1378
01:33:17,216 --> 01:33:20,344
and it sounded like
her mother was cooking in the kitchen.
1379
01:33:20,428 --> 01:33:22,138
So I thought, "This isn't a phone scam."
1380
01:33:22,221 --> 01:33:24,140
Then she said…
1381
01:33:27,310 --> 01:33:29,353
"I want to report something
about the Nth Rooms."
1382
01:33:30,021 --> 01:33:31,188
She sounded very young.
1383
01:33:31,272 --> 01:33:32,690
CHANG EUN-JO, BROADCASTING WRITER
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
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She said, "Hello?"
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When I answered the call,
I could hear her saying,
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"No, Mom! I have to do something.
I'll be right back."
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Then it sounded like
she was stepping out of the house.
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It was fine up until that point.
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She said, "I was bored, so I started
chatting with random people online."
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"And this person said he'd give me
money If I sent him some photos."
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Then what followed
happened in a blink of an eye.
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She said, "My family had to move
because of me,
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so I transferred schools."
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But then, many people saw the video of her
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and sent it to her asking if it was her.
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I told her everything
was going to be okay.
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She said her parents were worried
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that she might try to take her own life.
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Then…
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she talked about the video
she was forced to make,
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and I could tell who she was.
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And then,
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she described other things she had done.
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As soon as I heard it,
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I knew what she was talking about.
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I knew exactly
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what she was talking about
because I had seen the videos of her.
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But I was telling her
it was going to be okay.
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That nobody knows.
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"All I did was click on the link.
I only chatted with them."
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"I only watched the videos
and did nothing else."
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Digital sex crimes become more serious
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when the media produced
becomes shared between multiple people.
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All the small acts that people
don't take seriously could end up
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inflicting tremendous harm
on the victims when it accumulates.
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You can easily destroy the victims' lives
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and prevent them
from continuing with their normal lives.
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It only takes one click.
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"I didn't rape
or sexually assault anyone."
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"Everyone watches videos
on YouTube and other streaming sites."
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"All I did was watch
some sensational content."
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"Why should I be punished for it?"
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But from the victim's point of view,
those actions inflict harm on them.
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There's no doubt about it.
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The victims were exposed
to a serious crime
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that they'll be traumatized
for the rest of their lives.
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What's even worse is that
it's not just one person who's involved.
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Multiple people were involved
in the Nth Rooms case.
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This crime would not have
occurred if there was no demand for it.
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Cho Ju-bin would've never been able
to commit all those crimes
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had there not been
a demand for such content.
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The case was made public
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after the victims had endured the abuse
and exploitation for a long time.
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It was only after they decided to expose
the abuse they had been suffering
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that the investigation could begin.
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Some of the victims
decided to come forward
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because they didn't want others
to experience what they had suffered.
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When I asked the victims
what motivated them to report the crimes
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or what made them
muster up the courage to do it,
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they said they wanted Baksa to get caught.
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And some said they wished
that Telegram would disappear
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so there wouldn't be any more victims.
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They were really brave.
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Without their courage, we wouldn't have
been able to air the program,
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and Team Flame and The Hankyoreh
wouldn't have been able to cover it.
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One of the victims told us…
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OH YEON-SEO, JOURNALIST
THE HANKYOREH
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…that there was a comment
on one of the articles that said,
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"Please tell me what I can do
to support these brave women."
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There were so many articles
about Baksa at the time,
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and she said that one comment
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gave her so much strength.
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She said it made her realize
that there were people rooting for her.
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That comment meant more
to her than any other article.
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Would you still cover this story
if you could go back in time?
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No, I wouldn't want to do it.
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I really wouldn't.
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I mean it.
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It was like hell for me.
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It was hell because
of the responsibility and ethics involved.
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I'd have to do it if I knew about it.
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I probably would have been
happier had I not covered the story.
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l can answer this without any hesitation.
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I would still write that article for sure.
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These days,
I keep finding myself thinking,
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"Why didn't I dig into that in November?"
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"Why didn't I dig deeper?"
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"Why didn't I take a screenshot of that?"
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I think I'd do a better job
if I could go back in time.
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I often think that maybe
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I could've helped the police
catch the perpetrators sooner.
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If I could go back in time,
I'd start working on it in February.
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I'd start in February…
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DAN
TEAM FLAME
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…so that I can stop them sooner.
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Hypothetically speaking…
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I mean, if only that were possible,
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I'd go back to the moment
when Godgod and Cho Ju-bin were born
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and help them grow into better people.
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Had I known about it sooner,
I would've investigated more thoroughly.
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BUL, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
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To be honest,
I have a lot of regrets about that.
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The Nth Rooms were like the gates of hell.
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It had always existed
but we had been ignoring it all this time.
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But since that gate is now open,
society at large has to face this issue.
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Things are changing for the better…
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but I don't think we've changed enough.
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THE SUPREME COURT
SENTENCED BAKSA, CHO JU-BIN
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TO 42 YEARS IN PRISON IN OCTOBER 2021
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HE COERCED 25 VICTIMS INTO FILMING
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE CONTENT
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BETWEEN 2019 TO 2020
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THE SUPREME COURT SENTENCED
GODGOD, MOON HYEONG-WOOK,
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TO 34 YEARS IN PRISON IN NOVEMBER 2021
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HE COERCED APPROXIMATELY 20 VICTIMS INTO
FILMING SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE CONTENT
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BETWEEN 2017 TO 2020
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A TOTAL OF 3,757 PEOPLE LINKED
TO THE NTH ROOM CRIMES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
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AND 245 OF THEM HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED
(AS OF DECEMBER 2020)
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CASES SIMILAR TO THE NTH ROOMS
ARE STILL GLOBALLY RAMPANT
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THE VIDEOS CREATED IN THE NTH ROOMS
ARE STILL BEING SOLD WORLDWIDE
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VIA FOREIGN MESSAGING PLATFORMS
AND THE DARK WEB
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IF YOU OR AN ACQUAINTANCE HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT
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INFORMATION AND SUPPORT CAN BE FOUND ON
WWW.WANNATALKABOUTIT.COM
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It's not the victim's fault at all.
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It's systematically rigged so that
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anyone would fall victim to such acts
when they're put in the same situation.
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Instead of asking, "Why did you do that?
Why did you put yourself in such danger?"
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We should realize that it's just
as likely to happen to any one of us.
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There are many cases
where people become victims
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just by being in
the wrong place at the wrong time.
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How did the victims
come to be blackmailed?
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The victims know very well
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that they will be the ones to be blamed
when such videos are distributed.
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They become susceptible
to blackmail because of such fears.
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So, the way we view the victims
is also what reinforces such violence.
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The videos wouldn't be made
and distributed if there were no viewers.
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If there wasn't anyone
who made or distributed such videos,
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then no one would watch them.
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The act of consumption and production
are closely related to one another.
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Either consumption or production
must be removed to prevent the other.
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That is why we consider digital sex crime
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to be collaborative criminal acts
that occur within a group.
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It could happen to me.
It can definitely happen to you, too.
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We need to work together so that
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cases like the Nth Rooms
and the Baksa rooms
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don't repeat themselves.
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Subtitle translation by: Liya Choi