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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
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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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ARE YOU 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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[classical tense music]
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[reporter 1]
Many victims, including minors,
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were blackmailed
into filming sexual videos…
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[reporter 2] Created sexually
exploitative videos of minors…
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[reporter 3] Graphic sexual videos
were shared via Telegram…
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-The Nth Room…
-Nth Room…
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-The Nth Room…
-[reporter 4] 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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[reporter 5] 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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[keyboard clacking]
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KIM WAN, JOURNALIST
THE HANKYOREH
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[Kim Wan] It was a Sunday morning.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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I was having a relaxing Sunday,
playing with my kids.
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[Kim Wan's son] How can you lose to him?
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[Kim Wan]
I was also thinking about what stories
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I wanted to cover the following week.
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But I suddenly got a call from work
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asking to check a tip
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 this was happening on Telegram,
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and I couldn't figure out why this person
would send us such a tip.
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So, honestly, I wasn't even sure
if there was a story to follow.
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The Internet and child pornography
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had been a major issue for a long time,
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so I thought, "Could this even be news?"
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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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But it was Sunday,
and only a few people were at the office.
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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 the mindset I had
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 has around 9,000 members.
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The informant even gave me the locations
where the IP address was used…
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down to the exact addresses
of the user's locations.
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It's stated that the student
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is attending a foreign language
high school in Incheon.
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As the accused was supposed to be
going to a prestigious high school,
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it was highly likely
that he was regarded as a model student.
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I thought that 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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The article could've covered the story
of the Telegram chat room run by teens,
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which they used to share
and distribute pornography,
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and then the main suspect
was arrested the next day.
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At the time, I thought
that would be 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
they got ahold of my personal info.
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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 as to what was going on.
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And was quite taken aback.
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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 up my name,
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so I thought it was not 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,
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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 really think
I'd be asked to work on it.
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[Yeon-seo] I never thought
I'd be joining that task force.
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To be honest, I was scared
because I saw them getting ahold of
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and distributing Wan's personal info
after he published that story.
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I understood the importance
of covering the case,
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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.
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Wan is such a competent reporter,
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I didn't expect there would be
that much work for me.
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The investigation seemed to be so serious
and difficult
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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
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by the fact that the photos
and videos of the victims
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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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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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That's what I think.
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It really horrified me, though.
That's what shocked me the most.
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The task force was formed
on November 13 last year.
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That was the date
I joined the Telegram chat rooms
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and started monitoring the situation.
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A lot of people who had read our article
sent us numerous emails
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saying we should go after someone
called Baksa,
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and how he was the worst one.
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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 in 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 we could trust his tip.
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We called him with our office phone,
and he said he was in Daegu.
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He asked us to meet him
at a subway station there.
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We thought there could be Baksa's men
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among those who contacted us with a tip.
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Whoever they may be.
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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 told him in the emails
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what we'd be wearing
on the day of the meet-up.
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Stuff like that.
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Then Wan and I went to Daegu to meet him.
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BANWOLDANG STATION
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[Kim Wan] We decided to meet at one
of the entrances at Banwoldang station.
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BANWOLDANG STATION
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Joker said he'd be wearing
a white down 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 something might happen.
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Like how Baksa could bring his men…
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and actually attack me or cause harm.
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So I told her to keep her distance
while l assess the situation.
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I was trying to look at what's going on
while hiding.
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To see if he brought someone along
or if we could trust him as an informant.
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But, incidentally, while we were waiting,
a minor car accident took place.
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So, all of a sudden, there was a huge fuss
right in front of the station.
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People gathered asking
if people were okay and stuff like that.
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[Kim Wan]
So we were thinking, "What do we do?"
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From the outside,
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criminals don't always
look like obvious criminals,
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but he looked too ordinary.
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Like an average young man
you'd see on the streets.
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He couldn't even look us in the eye.
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He was quiet and polite.
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[Kim Wan]
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 chat rooms,
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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SUBSCRIBE
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Joker first contacted us saying that
someone he knew was a victim of Baksa.
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As a journalist, I thought I would be able
to interview one of the victims.
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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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I believe there were nude photos,
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and as I recall,
each of them was watermarked.
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BAKSA
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CERTIFIED BY BAKSA
BAKSA'S SLAVE
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You know, like how people
put 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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And I also think there was "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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[Yeon-seo] That's how he lured them
into joining Telegram
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because most people
don't really know much about Telegram.
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BAKSA: HELLO
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HELLO
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Baksa contacted the victims
claiming he was a broker
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and asked the victims for sample photos.
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[Joker] Then the victims
wound send photos of themselves.
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At first, the victims would take
normal photos of themselves fully dressed
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or photos of themselves
in revealing underwear.
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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, and after that…
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[camera shutter clicking]
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He told the victims
he needed their bank account
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and other details to wire them the money.
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You usually provide proof of identity
when you work part-time,
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so they gave him
their personal info without question.
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[Joker] I heard that when he got
the photos of the victims' ID cards,
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he started blackmailing them
and asked for more revealing photos.
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[Kim Wan] Your photo could get leaked,
and he already had your address.
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The victims were then exposed
to the threat of being harmed even further
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since a bunch of anonymous men
now knew where they lived.
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After obtaining
the victims' photos and info,
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his relentless harassment
and threats began.
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I've been trying hard
to get those videos out of my head,
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but 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?"
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They were in a public restroom.
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[Kwang-il] A very young-looking child
licked the floor tiles…
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and said, "I can't do this anymore."
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I remember those videos…
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and the looks on their faces.
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They really didn't want to do it,
but they were forcing themselves to smile.
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In total, I think I saw
around ten to 20 victims.
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It was repulsive.
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Just…
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I don't know how to explain it,
but seeing the video made me irritated
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and angry.
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There were so many pens
stuffed into female genitals.
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There was a photo of it.
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Why would anyone take a picture of that?
Why? Why do such a thing?
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These weren't even one of those
illegally filmed sex tapes
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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,
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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.
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[Kim Wan] And everyone would share
their plans to harass the victims.
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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
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609 GONGHWA-DONG, NOWON-GU, SEOUL
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SEARCH
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WHO WANTS TO GO TO HER PLACE WITH ME?
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NONO: LOL
HOHOHONG: LET'S GO RAPE HER
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SHE'S PROBABLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
SHE LOOKS AS IF SHE'D LOVE IT
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STREAM IT FOR US WHEN YOU GET THERE
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I once saw the chat room members harassing
one of the victims together in real-time.
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BAKSA: WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG?
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TAKE A PHOTO IN THE BATHROOM
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NOT THERE YET?
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TAKE A PHOTO OF YOURSELF NAKED
IN THE STAIRWELL, RIGHT NOW
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When the victim refused to do as he said,
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Baksa kept threatening her
and trying to convince her repeatedly.
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Then he invited others into the chat room,
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and all these people
started attacking her.
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It was really shocking to watch.
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JOINED THE GROUP USING THE INVITE LINK
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CHAECHISEU: HUMILIATE HER
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HASO: I WANT TO SEE HER LICK A TOILET SEAT
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HORIRI: MAKER HER CRY ON HER KNEES
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LOL
THIS IS AWESOME
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HORIRI: HER FACE IS NOT MY TYPE
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SEOKSA: SHOW US ANOTHER SLAVE
HOHOHONG: I'LL GO FIRST IF WE RAPE HER
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NONO: OUTDOOR HUMILIATION
KIMPIAO: BAKSA, YOU'RE THE MAN
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The victims obviously felt uneasy about it
and thought it was strange.
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CHANG EUN-JO, BROADCASTING WRITER
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
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When I say "strange,"
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first, you have to understand
this feature on Telegram.
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[Eun-jo]
The victims sent photos of themselves
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because they were told all the photos
would be deleted after they were seen.
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They're supposed to
be deleted automatically.
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However, when the victims said "no"
and refused to do as they were told,
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they were presented with all the photos
that they had sent previously.
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TELEGRAM
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TELEGRAM
NEW MESSAGE
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Then he'd keep saying,
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"If you take this photo,
I'll delete the others."
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And there were many teenage victims.
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[Eun-jo]
I heard that about 50 to 60 photos
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could be taken in just an hour.
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But once the photos were taken and sent,
there was no going back.
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THE CREATOR OF THE BAKSA ROOMS
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CREATED SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
AND EXCHANGED THEM FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY
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[Yeon-seo] We decided to focus
our investigation on Baksa
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and started monitoring his chat room.
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Then we noticed that
a lot of people kept asking
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where they could find the Nth Room videos.
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WHERE DO YOU GET THE STUFF
FROM THE NTH ROOMS?
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NTH ROOM
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That's when we first
found out about the Nth Rooms.
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We were like, "What are the Nth Rooms?"
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We looked into someone called "Godgod"
who had been engaging
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in similar illegal activities
for much longer.
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At the time, we didn't know
what they were exactly.
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But while Yeon-seo was doing her research
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after the special task force
had been formed,
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we discovered that someone
had already reported on the Nth Rooms.
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2019, EXCELLENCE AWARD
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DO YOU SELL PORN VIDEOS FEATURING MINORS?
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CHAT ROOMS THAT SHARE
ILLEGAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
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THEIR INTEREST WAS THE NUMBERED ROOMS
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INFILTRATED THE TELEGRAM
CHAT ROOMS FOR ABOUT A MONTH
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SAVED UP EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE
SHARING THE LINKS TO THESE ROOMS
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ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES RAMPANT
ON TELEGRAM BY TEAM FLAME
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[Kim Wan]
It immediately piqued my interest.
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Then we learned it was a piece
submitted to a competition
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by a team of student journalists
called Team Flame.
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00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:44,529
I was curious and wanted to meet them.
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00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:47,240
I told them that I would visit them
immediately wherever they were,
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and they said they were in Yeouido.
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YEOUIDO STATION
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We met at a cafe by the Yeouido station
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and sat at a table in the corner.
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[tense music]
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BUL, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
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[Bul] I'm Bul from Team Flame.
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[Dan] I'm Dan from Team Flame.
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DAN, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
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I was an aspiring journalist,
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and Bul, who worked with me,
was also a university student
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who wanted to be a journalist.
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I took a journalism course
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and in that course, I wrote
a lot of articles about illegal filming.
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00:23:53,682 --> 00:23:55,392
One day, my professor told me
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about a journalism contest
and suggested that Bul and I enter.
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[Bul] We thought that the people
we were reporting about
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would most definitely scour the internet
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to find information about us
once we published the article.
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[Dan] That's the reason
we work undercover.
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It's just like how detectives don't want
people to know what they look like.
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We feel the same way.
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Keeping our identities hidden
helps us feel more at ease.
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At first, we decided to report
on the issue of illegally filmed videos
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and did a lot of research
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to find websites
where such videos were shared.
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SPYCAM
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[Bul]
The search terms I used included "spycam,"
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"middle school girls,"
"high school girls,"
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and "public exposure."
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Those were my main searches.
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Then I stumbled upon
a website called "AVSnoop."
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I found it just about ten,
maybe 15 minutes after I started googling.
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GATEWAY TO THE NTH ROOMS
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RUN BY WATCHMAN
WHO PROMOTED THE NTH ROOMS
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AND HELPED SPREAD THE CONTENT
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[Bul] When we infiltrated
the site in July of 2019,
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Watchman was the site's owner.
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00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:25,232
And I found a post about
the "Number Room" incident.
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It described what the Nth Room victims
went through in detail.
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[Dan] Watchman had listed all the victims
from the first room to the eighth.
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It included their names, ages,
and where they're presumed to be living
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along with info on their schools
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00:25:37,535 --> 00:25:40,163
and even what grade
and class they were in.
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00:25:40,247 --> 00:25:43,917
It also stated how many people
were in each of the rooms.
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And there were details about each victim,
like, "Her breast is shaped like this."
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"She's chubby" and so on.
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And how they behave, stuff like that.
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00:25:54,261 --> 00:25:56,221
Even as I was reading it,
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I couldn't believe that
it was actually happening in Korea.
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00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:05,438
After that, we felt
that we had to look into it.
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00:26:06,147 --> 00:26:09,567
About five hours after we began
monitoring the chat room,
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one of the perpetrators said that…
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[Bul] "Anyone who changed their
profile picture to an anime character
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would be given the link to an Nth Room."
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00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:17,659
ANIME CHARACTER BREASTS
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KOR SUBS, DAVE A LITE UTOPIA #81
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SAVE IMAGE AS
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CHANGE PROFILE PHOTO
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CAN I GET THE NTH ROOM LINK TOO? PLEASE
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00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,591
ANGDDUIBANG: YOUR PROFILE PIC
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I CHANGED IT
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00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:36,803
ANGDDUIBANG:
THE TSUNDERE FROM DAVE A LITE
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ANGDDUIBANG: SHE'S MY FAVORITE
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LOL
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As soon as I entered the chat room,
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the first thing I saw was
the color of skin all over a video.
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00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:58,533
There were videos of nude young girls.
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00:26:58,616 --> 00:27:02,329
Some of the victims were ordered
to write "slave" on their bodies.
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SLAVE
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Also words like "personal pussy,"
"personal toilet," and "bitch."
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Sometimes, they were ordered to carve
such words on their bodies with knives,
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not just to write them with pens.
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00:27:17,552 --> 00:27:20,972
They were ordered to read aloud phrases
such as "I'm Godgod's slave."
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I AM GODGOD'S SLAVE
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00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:25,226
One of the most gruesome things I saw
was a victim being ordered
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to pierce her body
with a needle and string.
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00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:32,067
Then she was told to hang things
off the string.
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00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:51,294
We saw an announcement in the first room
posted by Godgod,
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which read, "I am sharing these videos
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because the slaves in the videos
refused to do as I said.
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00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:04,015
I won't share the videos of the slaves
who obey my orders, so don't worry."
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GODGOD
ANNOUNCEMENT
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00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:17,529
THESE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS
WERE OBTAINED BY THREATENING THE GIRLS
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00:28:17,612 --> 00:28:20,115
THEY DISOBEYED ME AND RAN AWAY
SO YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THEM
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IF YOU ARE WORRIED
IF I HAVE PHOTOS OF YOU
447
00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:23,201
YOUR PHOTOS WON'T BE SHARED
AS LONG AS YOU DO AS I SAY
448
00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:24,119
SO THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY
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THE CREATOR OF THE NTH ROOMS
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PRODUCED MULTIPLE
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
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NTH ROOMS
GODGOD
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JOINED THE GROUP USING THE INVITE LINK
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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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[Dan] Godgod would send
the victims a link to a site
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where he claims their photos
are being shared.
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00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,290
YOUR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN LEAKED
CHECK THE LINK BELOW
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00:29:10,373 --> 00:29:12,459
WHAT? STOP JOKING AROUND LOL
WHO ARE YOU?
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00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,503
I'M SERIOUS… I'M LETTING YOU KNOW
BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU
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00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:22,510
The moment they click on the link,
they'd be phished.
462
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:25,722
DO YOU KNOW
WHO UPLOADED THESE PHOTOS?
463
00:29:25,805 --> 00:29:26,890
DAEUN GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL 9TH GRADE,
CLASS 2, PARK SO-RA
464
00:29:26,973 --> 00:29:29,934
That's how their accounts
with their personal information
465
00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:31,728
ended up in Godgod's hands.
466
00:29:37,817 --> 00:29:38,651
YOUR HOME ADDRESS
1522-8932, HAGIK-DONG, INCHEON
467
00:29:38,735 --> 00:29:39,736
YOUR DAD'S PHONE NUMBER 010-2674-XXXX
468
00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:43,823
I'M SURE YOUR DAD AND YOUR FRIENDS
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE PHOTOS
469
00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:46,743
I'LL DO AS YOU SAY.
PLEASE DON'T SEND THE PHOTOS
470
00:29:52,582 --> 00:29:54,209
[phone chiming]
471
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,961
SEND MORE
I'LL GIVE YOU 5 SECONDS
472
00:30:14,270 --> 00:30:16,898
I thought I should report it
to the police right away
473
00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:18,483
if this was really what was going on.
474
00:30:18,566 --> 00:30:21,277
We believed we should
inform the police immediately.
475
00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:22,821
The article came second.
476
00:30:22,904 --> 00:30:25,281
That's how we came
to report it to the police.
477
00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:31,621
GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE
478
00:30:31,704 --> 00:30:34,123
GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE AGENCY
479
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,506
CYBER INVESTIGATION UNIT
480
00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:47,345
[In-jae]
We were on a work trip at the time.
481
00:30:47,428 --> 00:30:48,638
We were traveling a lot.
482
00:30:48,721 --> 00:30:50,098
Traveling across the country.
483
00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:52,267
My colleagues
at the Chuncheon Police Station
484
00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:55,645
told me about this new type of crime
that had occurred on Telegram
485
00:30:55,728 --> 00:30:57,397
and that it seemed pretty serious.
486
00:30:58,314 --> 00:31:00,817
The case was a little different
from what we usually handle.
487
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,945
The number of videos was shocking
even for me.
488
00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:07,907
There were so many videos of the victims.
489
00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:12,287
I could tell that
it wouldn't be a simple case
490
00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,205
where we track down just one suspect.
491
00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,335
[Young-sil] The thing about Telegram
is that the chat rooms are flexible,
492
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:22,213
and how they're constantly deleted
and created again.
493
00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:25,216
So apart from the chat room link
that we had obtained,
494
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,969
we couldn't get the authorization
to access the other rooms.
495
00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:30,096
It was very difficult
to get into the other rooms,
496
00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:32,307
so we got help from Team Flame.
497
00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:35,602
They gave us the links
to other similar chat rooms.
498
00:31:39,355 --> 00:31:41,024
The officers suggested
499
00:31:41,107 --> 00:31:43,359
that we start a chat room
500
00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:47,280
where we could share
the evidence that we had collected.
501
00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:49,115
THIS IS THE CYBER INVESTIGATION UNIT AT
GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE
502
00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:51,075
TELEGRAM CASE INFO CAN BE SHARED HERE
503
00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:52,702
HELLO, OFFICER
504
00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:56,164
I'LL UPLOAD ALL THE SCREENSHOTS
OF THE NTH ROOM CHATS HERE
505
00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:06,049
THIS USER HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE
IN THE CHAT ROOM RECENTLY
506
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,887
[Dan] A user named "Rabbit,"
who joined the chat room after we did,
507
00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:15,224
became the manager of the room
with over thousands of members
508
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:18,978
in just a little over a week
after joining the chat.
509
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:24,984
TIKTIK: LOLIS ARE SO HOT
OI: RABBIT'S WORKING HARD LOL
510
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,736
RABBIT: I DON'T DO GIRLS OVER 12
511
00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:30,615
I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD
I'LL SHARE IT LATER TONIGHT
512
00:32:30,698 --> 00:32:32,617
BY THE WAY,
ANY OF YOU LOSERS WANNA MEET UP TODAY?
513
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:36,037
RAN A CHAT ROOM
DERIVED FROM THE NTH ROOMS
514
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,332
DISTRIBUTED NUMEROUS SEXUALLY
EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS OF CHILDREN
515
00:32:39,415 --> 00:32:43,920
Rabbit would readily spill
his personal info in the chat room
516
00:32:44,003 --> 00:32:47,048
as if the chat room members
were his college friends.
517
00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:50,468
He said he started college in 2018
518
00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:52,261
and that he was attending…
519
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:53,346
GOOGLE MAPS
520
00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:55,640
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN JEONNAM
521
00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:04,315
CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
522
00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:14,409
[Dan] He uploaded a photo showing
that he was standing
523
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:16,703
at a subway platform in Sangmu Station.
524
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:19,956
A photo of a subway station sign
showing the train's arrival.
525
00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:23,251
CURRENT TIME: 11:22
SANGMU
526
00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:27,588
IF ANYONE COMES TO THIS
STARBUCKS RIGHT NOW, COFFEE'S ON ME
527
00:33:28,297 --> 00:33:30,717
He told people to meet him
at the Starbucks by Sangmu Station
528
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,969
and even sent a photo of that Starbucks.
529
00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:39,142
Then after about 30 minutes, Rabbit said…
530
00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:40,852
RABBIT: WHY ISN'T ANYONE COMING?
531
00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,103
IT'LL TAKE ME 6 HRS
TO GET THERE, YOU RETARD
532
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,397
GWANGJU? ENJOY YOUR COFFEE ALONE LOL
533
00:33:45,064 --> 00:33:48,776
He said he got a physical on Thursday
for military service.
534
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,195
[Bul]
But "the results were garbage, damn it."
535
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,156
So I asked him "Why? What happened?"
536
00:33:53,239 --> 00:33:55,450
MY EYESIGHT WAS MINUS 3
537
00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,993
THEN WHY DO YOU NEED A REEXAMINATION?
538
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:59,162
BLOOD IN URINE
539
00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:07,170
He gave us information about himself
that wasn't common.
540
00:34:07,253 --> 00:34:10,173
He even sent a photo
of his physical exam results.
541
00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:14,218
We looked at it,
and based on such information,
542
00:34:14,927 --> 00:34:16,554
we felt that we could catch him.
543
00:34:19,223 --> 00:34:22,310
So we asked him
when his second physical was booked for.
544
00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:25,396
WHEN'S YOUR REEXAMINATION?
545
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,901
AUGUST 7
546
00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:32,862
We sent all the info
that we had gathered to the police.
547
00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:37,909
HERE'S MORE INFO ON RABBIT
548
00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:41,788
We wanted to know what happened
after that, so we called the police.
549
00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:43,247
We asked them if they caught him,
550
00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:45,541
but they just said
they'll let us know soon.
551
00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,670
JEON IN-JAE, SENIOR INSPECTOR
552
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:52,006
We went to the site
and verified everything.
553
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,926
We interviewed the residents
to investigate the area he lives in.
554
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:05,019
We picked an area to investigate
based on the subway line
555
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,729
and the university mentioned.
556
00:35:08,731 --> 00:35:10,066
CHOSUN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
557
00:35:10,149 --> 00:35:13,653
And we also checked with the hospital
where he had his physical examination
558
00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:16,155
to see if this person actually existed.
559
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,366
All the information seemed trustworthy.
560
00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:22,703
We verified that the person in question
exist and confirmed his identity.
561
00:35:24,247 --> 00:35:26,791
Two days after that,
I was studying in the library
562
00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:28,960
and I saw the police's number
pop up on my phone.
563
00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:31,003
They said they caught him.
564
00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:34,715
I started jumping around excitedly
in front of the library, screaming.
565
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:38,010
I was so excited that I didn't care
what others might think of me.
566
00:35:39,011 --> 00:35:43,391
FIRST NTH ROOM PARTAKER TO BE ARRESTED
567
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:50,064
But Rabbit was practically a stooge
compared to the other perpetrators.
568
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,108
We managed to get Rabbit arrested,
569
00:35:52,191 --> 00:35:55,736
but there were still many others
committing crimes on Telegram.
570
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:58,656
So we weren't satisfied
with Rabbit's arrest.
571
00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:02,910
Since there were more than one perpetrator
to be held responsible,
572
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:06,289
we believed that the issue
should be made known to a wider public.
573
00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,463
NTH ROOMS
574
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:20,303
[Dan] People in the chat room
were wondering who this "Godgod" was
575
00:36:20,386 --> 00:36:24,724
and how he managed
to sexually exploit so many victims.
576
00:36:25,391 --> 00:36:28,436
They were curious as to how
he created and distributed
577
00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:32,857
so much sexually exploitative content
that was considered rare.
578
00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:35,443
People in the chat
often discussed Godgod's identity.
579
00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:39,030
Some said they looked up to Godgod.
580
00:36:39,113 --> 00:36:41,532
1ST ROOM: 1,750 MEMBERS
GUGURI: GODGOD, YOU'RE A LEGEND LOL
581
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:47,538
While others were saying
that he went too far
582
00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:51,125
despite enjoying the content
shared in the Nth Rooms themselves.
583
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:52,752
BUT HE IS FUCKING SICK IN THE HEAD LOL
584
00:36:58,799 --> 00:36:59,926
TORLRJ: HOW IS GODGOD GETTING
ALL THESE VIDEOS ANYWAY?
585
00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:01,302
AGMUN: THAT FUCKER WENT AWOL THOUGH
586
00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:03,638
DJEJ: MAYBE HE'S BEEN BUSTED?
587
00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:09,101
But because Godgod had disappeared
588
00:37:09,185 --> 00:37:11,229
after distributing such videos,
589
00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:15,524
the chat room members were all interested
in finding out who Godgod really was.
590
00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,443
EKFFL01: LOL NOBODY KNOWS
591
00:37:17,526 --> 00:37:22,531
RLQNS: I WONDER WHO THE HELL HE IS
592
00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:37,129
[Dan] Before Godgod disappeared,
he sent messages such as
593
00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:40,925
"My mom told me to get off the phone.
My mom told me to go to bed."
594
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:45,054
MY MOM TOLD ME TO GET OFF THE PHONE
595
00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:46,806
MY MOM TOLD ME TO GO TO BED
596
00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:48,599
I LIVE IN A SCHOOL DORM
597
00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:50,601
I'M OFF TO PLAY MAPLESTORY
598
00:37:50,685 --> 00:37:52,353
I'M IN 12TH GRADE, SO I GOTTA STUDY
599
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:57,066
I HAVE TO STUDY FOR CSAT
SO I'M QUITTING TELEGRAM
600
00:37:57,149 --> 00:37:59,443
WILL YOU DELETE ALL OF YOUR CHAT HISTORY
AND LEAVE THE CHANNEL?
601
00:37:59,527 --> 00:38:01,529
[tense music]
602
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:32,977
EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH REPORT
ON THE NTH ROOMS
603
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:34,478
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON TELEGRAM
604
00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:40,526
WE RECEIVED A TIP-OFF ABOUT SEXUALLY
EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF WOMEN,
605
00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:42,111
INCLUDING CHILDREN AND TEENS,
BEING DISTRIBUTED ON TELEGRAM.
606
00:38:42,194 --> 00:38:45,448
WE BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE SECRET ROOMS
THE PERPETRATORS RAN OVER TWO WEEKS
607
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,327
I felt confident that we could catch them.
608
00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:50,536
I often said to Yeon-seo
609
00:38:50,619 --> 00:38:54,123
that they would definitely get arrested
if we made front-page news.
610
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,044
We knew they would have left traces.
611
00:38:58,127 --> 00:39:00,296
We were sure we could catch them
within the year.
612
00:39:00,379 --> 00:39:02,089
We even talked about how it would become
613
00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:04,842
the biggest issue of the year
if they caught them.
614
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:13,267
NTH ROOMS RAMPANT ON TELEGRAM
615
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,979
BAKSA AND HIS SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ROOMS
LOSER TURNED POWERFUL IMAGINARY RULER
616
00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:18,898
RAN CRYPTOCURRENCY-ONLY SECRET ROOMS
617
00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:20,941
FROM TEASER ROOMS
TO EXPENSIVE MEMBERSHIP ROOMS
618
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,778
THE SECRET CHAT ROOM MEMBERS
ARE AFTER THE MEDIA JACKALS
619
00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:27,656
LURED WOMEN WITH JOB OFFERS
AND THREATENED THEM TO SEND NUDE PHOTOS
620
00:39:29,658 --> 00:39:32,536
We had hoped that the press
would make this issue public.
621
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:35,414
When The Hankyoreh contacted us,
622
00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:38,793
we finally felt like the case
was going to be in the public spotlight.
623
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,504
And we were really looking forward to it.
624
00:39:41,587 --> 00:39:44,131
TO IMAGINE SUCH CONTENT WOULD BE STORED
ON COUNTLESS MEN'S PHONES
625
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:46,967
AND HARD DRIVES AS TROPHIES
MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH
626
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,011
IN THAT WORLD,
627
00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:54,725
WOMEN WERE NOTHING BUT OBJECTS
TO BE EXPLOITED AND MOCKED
628
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:56,644
STAMP - BUSINESS CARD
629
00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:01,357
THE HANKYOREH
630
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,860
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
CIRCULATING ON TELEGRAM
631
00:40:06,695 --> 00:40:10,074
The article was on the front page
as the major story of the day,
632
00:40:10,157 --> 00:40:14,203
so we believed that many journalists
would take interest in the issue.
633
00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:24,797
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
CIRCULATING ON TELEGRAM
634
00:40:31,637 --> 00:40:33,556
[reporter]
Temperatures have dropped this morning,
635
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:35,349
following last night's rain.
636
00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:38,769
A cold wave advisory
has been issued in the capital area.
637
00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:42,273
It's -1.1°C in Seoul this morning.
638
00:40:42,356 --> 00:40:44,150
But nothing really changed.
639
00:40:44,775 --> 00:40:48,320
It didn't get much attention,
people didn't pay attention to it.
640
00:40:48,404 --> 00:40:51,532
It was just seen as another
common violence case against women.
641
00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:55,828
[Kim Wan] After the article was published,
the whole society seemed to be wondering,
642
00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:58,497
"Why did The Hankyoreh
put this on the front page?"
643
00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:00,124
I was really puzzled.
644
00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:03,752
I was sure that it'd have some impact,
but nobody paid attention to it.
645
00:41:05,087 --> 00:41:07,756
It was not at all what I had expected.
646
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,343
EARJING: WAN PUBLISHED
A FOLLOW-UP ARTICLE
647
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:13,137
FFF: IT'S MORE LIKE A REVIEW,
NOT AN ARTICLE
648
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:14,221
ATOOARI: THEY CAN'T CATCH US
ON TELEGRAM ANYWAY
649
00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:15,556
WOORI: WE'RE FAMOUS NOW
LET'S CELEBRATE!
650
00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:16,599
SSUN: ARE THERE ANY JOURNALISTS HERE?
HELLO LOL
651
00:41:16,682 --> 00:41:18,142
JE JO: MR. JOURNALIST, MAKE ME FAMOUS TOO
652
00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:21,604
The managers of the chat rooms
that derived from the Baksa Rooms
653
00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:27,109
sent us mocking messages, asking us
to promote their chat rooms as well.
654
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:28,027
BAKSA: HELLO, I AM BAKSA
655
00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:30,029
[Kim Wan] Then Baksa changed his ID
to something like,
656
00:41:30,112 --> 00:41:32,072
"The only one The Hankyoreh promoted."
657
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,324
THE ONLY ONE THE HANKYOREH PROMOTED
658
00:41:34,033 --> 00:41:36,494
And the chat room name
was changed to something like,
659
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,871
"The only chat room
in the media spotlight."
660
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,874
They were mocking and taunting us.
661
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:44,376
There were even people
saying that they joined the chat rooms
662
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,128
after reading our article.
663
00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:49,423
Seeing that happen made me very upset.
664
00:41:50,841 --> 00:41:52,927
It was the day after
our article was published,
665
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:54,512
or it was being published.
666
00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:58,224
Baksa suddenly uploaded
a photo of a victim in his chat room.
667
00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:01,894
He said he'd call the victim
"a victim of The Hankyoreh."
668
00:42:13,781 --> 00:42:15,199
[Kim Wan] It was a photo of someone
669
00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:18,619
standing in a strange pose
bending forward.
670
00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:23,707
And there was a watermark on it
saying "The Hankyoreh's first victim."
671
00:42:23,791 --> 00:42:26,293
THE HANKYOREH'S FIRST VICTIM
672
00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:27,294
From what we knew,
673
00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:30,005
those photos had never
been shared in the rooms before,
674
00:42:30,089 --> 00:42:33,842
so it was his way of saying
he had more photos of the victims
675
00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:37,555
and that he'd upload more
if we kept publishing articles about him.
676
00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:40,474
I guess you could say
he was blackmailing us.
677
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:44,103
By saying that he'll be calling them
"The Hankyoreh's victims,"
678
00:42:44,186 --> 00:42:45,854
he was warning us that The Hankyoreh
679
00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:48,190
would be responsible
for all future victims.
680
00:43:04,999 --> 00:43:07,293
[sighs]
We were really scared.
681
00:43:08,043 --> 00:43:10,421
If that had happened
before we released the article,
682
00:43:10,504 --> 00:43:13,299
I think I would have had second thoughts
about publishing the article
683
00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:15,050
in the first place.
684
00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:18,637
For the first time,
I thought that maybe we should stop.
685
00:43:18,721 --> 00:43:20,264
I guess that's what Baksa wanted.
686
00:43:23,058 --> 00:43:25,060
[Yeon-seo]
At that time, one of the victims told me
687
00:43:25,144 --> 00:43:28,230
she had learned that tens of thousands
of people were in these chat rooms
688
00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:30,816
that kept appearing
and disappearing over and over.
689
00:43:32,776 --> 00:43:34,737
She felt that she'd actually cross paths
690
00:43:34,820 --> 00:43:38,574
with at least one of the chat room members
if she walked around outside,
691
00:43:38,657 --> 00:43:42,119
so she was too afraid
to even leave her house.
692
00:43:50,836 --> 00:43:52,338
[Kim Wan] For the first time,
693
00:43:52,421 --> 00:43:54,673
I felt like I was just fighting thin air.
694
00:43:55,341 --> 00:43:59,178
It was as if I was fighting against
this illusory world that Baksa was in,
695
00:43:59,261 --> 00:44:02,431
not something concrete like Baksa himself.
696
00:44:04,224 --> 00:44:05,934
[Yeon-seo] It was a lonely fight.
697
00:44:06,644 --> 00:44:09,188
Honestly, I was very demotivated,
698
00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:11,690
and I didn't have the energy to continue.
699
00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:20,491
[Bul] I felt like I was trying to do
something that was impossible.
700
00:44:22,576 --> 00:44:25,120
And I kept thinking
maybe I should just give up.
701
00:44:29,708 --> 00:44:34,505
I felt like there was nothing I could do
and that I should just save myself.
702
00:44:35,089 --> 00:44:39,635
I started feeling like my brain
and my heart were both contaminated.
703
00:44:40,552 --> 00:44:44,014
That's what made me decide
to stop monitoring the chat rooms.
704
00:44:45,891 --> 00:44:47,434
HOHOHONG: I'M GONNA ASK FOR A HANDJOB
GO TAKE A NUDE SELFIE IN THE BATHROOM
705
00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:48,394
SANGSANG: LET'S GO RAPE HER
706
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:49,895
I'M SORRY
I REALLY CAN'T DO THIS
707
00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:53,357
WILL YOU DELETE ALL OF YOUR CHAT HISTORY
AND LEAVE THE CHANNEL?
708
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:54,441
LEAVE CHANNEL
709
00:45:05,202 --> 00:45:08,664
2 MONTHS LATER
710
00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:24,805
CHANG EUN-JO, BROADCASTING WRITER
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
711
00:45:24,888 --> 00:45:29,101
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
712
00:45:29,184 --> 00:45:33,480
JTBC STATION
713
00:45:35,983 --> 00:45:41,572
JEONG JAE-WON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
SBS'S Y-STORY
714
00:45:42,614 --> 00:45:47,411
SBS STATION
715
00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:56,879
I was shocked when I read the article
published by The Hankyoreh in November.
716
00:45:57,838 --> 00:46:02,176
But at the time, I didn't think
we could do any further reports on it.
717
00:46:03,343 --> 00:46:07,139
However, people who believed
it was a serious issue
718
00:46:07,222 --> 00:46:12,352
posted a lot of tweets on Twitter
with the hashtag "The Nth Room case."
719
00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:13,687
EVERYONE PLEASE LOOK INTO
THE NTH ROOM CASE
720
00:46:13,770 --> 00:46:17,983
[Jae-won] Even though the mainstream media
wasn't paying attention to the case…
721
00:46:18,066 --> 00:46:18,984
WE MUST PUBLICIZE THE NTH ROOM CASE
722
00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:22,529
…many women on Twitter were already aware
of the seriousness of the issue.
723
00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:23,447
THE NTH ROOM CASE NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION
724
00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:30,454
The producer in charge
didn't like the topic.
725
00:46:30,537 --> 00:46:32,873
He said the case didn't seem different
from other issues
726
00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:37,336
such as distribution of illegally filmed
pornography on file-sharing sites.
727
00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:41,632
At first, when we were thinking
of covering this case on our show…
728
00:46:41,715 --> 00:46:43,175
CHOI KWANG-IL
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
729
00:46:43,258 --> 00:46:44,885
…I couldn't believe it was real.
730
00:46:46,011 --> 00:46:48,055
I thought we should try to contact Baksa.
731
00:46:48,138 --> 00:46:50,933
I sent messages in the chat rooms
that I'd been investigating.
732
00:46:51,683 --> 00:46:55,229
Um, asking people to contact us.
733
00:46:56,813 --> 00:46:59,858
[Jae-won]
Even Baksa and Godgod themselves.
734
00:46:59,942 --> 00:47:03,570
I asked people to contact me if they knew
about Baksa or Godgod.
735
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:04,530
HELLO, THIS IS Y-STORY
736
00:47:04,613 --> 00:47:05,614
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION ON GODGOD OR BAKSA.
737
00:47:07,407 --> 00:47:11,036
I went through the screenshots that
Ms. Chang, the writer, shared with me,
738
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:14,498
and read The Hankyoreh's articles
about the issue and the victims.
739
00:47:14,581 --> 00:47:16,083
As I was going through these things,
740
00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:18,835
I couldn't believe something like that
was actually happening.
741
00:47:20,003 --> 00:47:23,590
So I went to meet Kim Wan,
the journalist who had covered the issue.
742
00:47:23,674 --> 00:47:27,386
He told me about everything he had
gone through while investigating it.
743
00:47:27,469 --> 00:47:31,473
He told me how tough the process was
and how vicious Baksa is.
744
00:47:31,557 --> 00:47:34,184
He told me all about
how Baksa taunted him.
745
00:47:34,268 --> 00:47:35,894
He told me everything.
746
00:47:35,978 --> 00:47:38,855
I told everyone
this wasn't ordinary pornography.
747
00:47:38,939 --> 00:47:40,816
I told them that it's abuse.
748
00:47:40,899 --> 00:47:43,735
I strongly insisted
that we cover it on our show.
749
00:47:46,488 --> 00:47:48,949
I thought the issue could bring
the whole country down.
750
00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:52,160
I came to think that
it was an issue we needed to cover.
751
00:47:52,244 --> 00:47:53,078
So…
752
00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:56,039
Um, I really pushed for it.
753
00:48:01,795 --> 00:48:06,133
CONTACT JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT TEAM IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFO ON BAKSA OR BAKSA'S ROOMS
754
00:48:19,271 --> 00:48:26,028
BAKSA: ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ME?
755
00:48:26,737 --> 00:48:29,031
Have we ever had
a criminal contact us first?
756
00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:30,991
No, never.
757
00:48:32,326 --> 00:48:34,703
Baksa firmly believed
that he'd never get caught.
758
00:48:35,370 --> 00:48:38,373
He blindly trusted that
Telegram would keep him protected.
759
00:48:40,042 --> 00:48:42,878
That's probably why he got
in touch with the press first.
760
00:48:42,961 --> 00:48:44,880
To bluff or gloat, so to speak.
761
00:48:46,423 --> 00:48:48,175
I mean, he didn't have to do that.
762
00:48:50,552 --> 00:48:52,679
BAKSA IS TYPING…
763
00:48:54,014 --> 00:49:00,145
I'M BAKSA.
764
00:49:00,729 --> 00:49:04,650
This was his first message.
"Are you really from Spotlight?"
765
00:49:04,733 --> 00:49:06,401
[Kwang-il]
He was using the kind of language
766
00:49:06,485 --> 00:49:09,363
used by a certain online community
full of scumbags.
767
00:49:09,446 --> 00:49:11,448
I had to be polite to him
as an interviewer,
768
00:49:11,531 --> 00:49:13,533
and he suddenly changed his attitude.
769
00:49:14,284 --> 00:49:18,205
He acted like he was pretty old
and called me Mr. Choi.
770
00:49:18,955 --> 00:49:20,874
He asked me to call him Mr. Bak.
771
00:49:20,957 --> 00:49:22,459
BAKSA: I GO BY MR. BAK
I WILL ADDRESS YOU AS MR. CHOI
772
00:49:23,085 --> 00:49:25,295
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
773
00:49:26,713 --> 00:49:29,341
I RUN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
774
00:49:29,424 --> 00:49:31,760
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
775
00:49:31,843 --> 00:49:37,057
I ALSO SELL DRUGS ON THE DARK WEB
776
00:49:40,602 --> 00:49:42,604
He said he had his own gang
in another country.
777
00:49:45,732 --> 00:49:49,444
He asked, "If you were asked
to shoot someone, would you do it?"
778
00:49:50,529 --> 00:49:52,280
-[gunshot]
-He said he would do it
779
00:49:52,989 --> 00:49:54,366
if it benefited him.
780
00:49:54,449 --> 00:49:56,034
[Jae-won] That's what he told me.
781
00:49:56,118 --> 00:49:58,495
-"I'm a loan shark."
-He said, "My passport got canceled."
782
00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:00,122
"I have my own gang."
783
00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,710
He said he was hiding in Cambodia.
784
00:50:04,793 --> 00:50:07,337
I pretended not to know anything
and asked him where he was.
785
00:50:07,421 --> 00:50:10,674
And he said, "I'm in Cambodia now.
Didn't you know that?"
786
00:50:15,387 --> 00:50:18,640
CAMBODIA
787
00:50:19,224 --> 00:50:20,434
He said he was in China.
788
00:50:23,353 --> 00:50:28,358
CHINA
789
00:50:28,942 --> 00:50:31,027
So I told him I was willing
to go there to meet him
790
00:50:31,111 --> 00:50:32,821
and it wasn't a problem at all.
791
00:50:32,904 --> 00:50:34,239
BAKSA IS TYPING…
792
00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:37,033
We were talking for a while,
793
00:50:37,909 --> 00:50:41,872
but then he suddenly
went quiet for about ten minutes.
794
00:50:41,955 --> 00:50:44,082
He said he got a package delivery.
795
00:50:44,166 --> 00:50:46,251
So I asked him if there was
a similar delivery system
796
00:50:46,334 --> 00:50:48,754
as Korea in Cambodia as well.
797
00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:52,466
Then he got upset and told me
not to look down on Cambodia.
798
00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:54,468
He said, "Come and meet me if you can."
799
00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:56,344
It was during the Seollal holidays.
800
00:50:57,804 --> 00:51:01,057
He said, "I have a lot of free time
because of the Seollal holidays."
801
00:51:01,141 --> 00:51:03,602
I asked,
"Don't you call it Chunjeol in China?
802
00:51:03,685 --> 00:51:06,480
Everyone must be celebrating. Aren't you?"
803
00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,940
Then he said he was actually in Cambodia.
804
00:51:24,122 --> 00:51:25,332
While we were talking,
805
00:51:25,415 --> 00:51:28,960
I asked him what time it was in Cambodia,
and he got upset.
806
00:51:29,044 --> 00:51:31,254
He'd brag about the things he's done.
807
00:51:31,338 --> 00:51:32,798
And when we ignored him,
808
00:51:32,881 --> 00:51:34,674
or showed that we didn't believe him,
809
00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:36,384
he'd reveal stuff about himself.
810
00:51:36,468 --> 00:51:38,553
He even showed us his Bitcoin account.
811
00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:41,515
He said he will make a deal with me,
812
00:51:41,598 --> 00:51:43,141
producer Jeong Jae-won.
813
00:51:45,310 --> 00:51:48,563
He said if we went ahead
and let the show broadcast,
814
00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:52,901
he'll make one of his victims,
or "slaves" as he calls them,
815
00:51:54,194 --> 00:51:56,404
whom he had been sexually exploiting
816
00:51:56,488 --> 00:52:00,325
take her own life by jumping off the roof
of the SBS building.
817
00:52:00,408 --> 00:52:02,327
BAKSA: A WOMAN WILL EITHER
THROW HERSELF OFF THE ROOF
818
00:52:02,410 --> 00:52:04,412
OR SET HERSELF ON FIRE
IF YOU BROADCAST ANYTHING ABOUT ME
819
00:52:11,419 --> 00:52:14,130
[Jae-won]
He said he would win if he did as he said,
820
00:52:14,214 --> 00:52:16,716
and he would lose
if he failed to keep his word.
821
00:52:18,134 --> 00:52:21,346
I met Kim Wan when I started
working on this story.
822
00:52:22,013 --> 00:52:25,350
Together, we had a discussion about this,
823
00:52:25,433 --> 00:52:29,396
whether Baksa was actually capable
of doing such a thing.
824
00:52:30,272 --> 00:52:32,232
He was someone who'd always be bluffing,
825
00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:35,151
but would never have the guts
to do anything drastic.
826
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:38,738
We both believed that
it wouldn't really happen.
827
00:52:41,783 --> 00:52:43,577
By making the media focus on the issue,
828
00:52:44,536 --> 00:52:49,082
we tried to make the investigative bodies
put more manpower into the investigation.
829
00:52:49,791 --> 00:52:52,669
We believed that might help
speed up the investigation.
830
00:52:55,755 --> 00:52:59,134
We wanted to help the police
and the prosecution catch the perpetrators
831
00:52:59,217 --> 00:53:01,928
by raising public awareness
of the Nth Rooms.
832
00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:03,889
So we decided to air the episode.
833
00:53:16,067 --> 00:53:18,153
A CALL FOR AWARENESS
OF TELEGRAM SEX CRIMES
834
00:53:19,237 --> 00:53:21,448
DIGITAL SEX CRIMES RAMPANT
835
00:53:25,619 --> 00:53:27,621
[tense music]
836
00:53:37,547 --> 00:53:39,382
The show aired on the 17th,
837
00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:41,927
and I think the video
appeared the following weekend.
838
00:53:42,010 --> 00:53:44,638
[Joker] Someone was wearing
a plastic bag over their head…
839
00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:53,355
with their neck hanging from a doorknob.
840
00:54:07,035 --> 00:54:08,912
It was a video of Baksa's victim
841
00:54:08,995 --> 00:54:13,416
saying that she would kill herself
at the SBS building on a certain date.
842
00:54:14,876 --> 00:54:16,836
This video began circulating in Baksa's
843
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,089
and other Telegram chat rooms.
844
00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:20,757
OJ: I AM BAKSA'S SLAVE.
845
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,843
I WILL KILL MYSELF ON THE ROOFTOP
OF THE SBS BUILDING IN A FEW DAYS
846
00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,845
BECAUSE BAKSA'S STORY WENT ON THE AIR
847
00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:33,812
BAKSA'S SLAVE
848
00:54:33,895 --> 00:54:35,188
It felt like
849
00:54:36,982 --> 00:54:40,026
he wanted to show off
that he had the power
850
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,404
to make someone commit suicide.
851
00:54:42,487 --> 00:54:48,034
VICTIM
852
00:54:56,418 --> 00:54:59,838
BAKSA: IF THE JTBC SHOW AIRS,
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER VICTIM
853
00:54:59,921 --> 00:55:02,340
NAMED "THE SPOTLIGHT VICTIM"
854
00:55:02,966 --> 00:55:04,217
Two days before the show,
855
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:07,178
he blackmailed us,
856
00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:12,100
saying he'd make a "Spotlight victim"
if we aired the episode.
857
00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:16,354
SPOTLIGHT VICTIM
KIM U-RI
858
00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:25,488
BAKSA: I PLAN TO POST THE VIDEO
ALONG WITH HER NAME,
859
00:55:25,572 --> 00:55:27,782
OCCUPATION, AND ADDRESS
860
00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:32,495
OFFICE WORKER
379-127 GAAN-GU, SEOUL
861
00:55:33,288 --> 00:55:35,707
Then we actually got a call
from Team Flame.
862
00:55:37,208 --> 00:55:40,837
We had been working
very closely with them.
863
00:55:41,921 --> 00:55:43,548
Team Flame called me,
864
00:55:43,631 --> 00:55:46,926
and asked if I could reconsider
airing the episode.
865
00:55:47,802 --> 00:55:51,139
It was so stressful.
I knew there would be a victim.
866
00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:55,977
He even stated the victim's job, her name,
867
00:55:56,061 --> 00:55:59,022
and the specific location
where the crime would occur.
868
00:55:59,105 --> 00:56:03,818
He said he'd reveal a video of her
with specific body parts covered.
869
00:56:03,902 --> 00:56:06,988
He announced that two days
before the show was supposed to air.
870
00:56:14,329 --> 00:56:16,289
[Kyu-yeon] Baksa, the person
who reigns as king
871
00:56:16,372 --> 00:56:18,041
in the Telegram chat rooms.
872
00:56:18,124 --> 00:56:20,126
[male reenactor] To get to me,
you'll have to turn
873
00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:21,836
the whole country inside out.
874
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,338
That's why I'm not scared.
875
00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:24,255
BAKSA: HERE'S THE NEW GIRL,
876
00:56:24,339 --> 00:56:26,007
SINCE YOU AIRED THE SHOW
DESPITE THE WARNING
877
00:56:26,091 --> 00:56:28,093
[tense music]
878
00:57:03,670 --> 00:57:05,296
BAKSA: HERE'S THE NEW GIRL, SINCE YOU
AIRED THE EPISODE DESPITE THE WARNING
879
00:57:05,380 --> 00:57:06,965
SPOTLIGHT VICTIM
KIM U-RI
880
00:57:07,048 --> 00:57:08,675
OFFICE WORKER
379-127 GAAN-GU, SEOUL
881
00:57:11,469 --> 00:57:13,179
Personally, I didn't think
882
00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:14,722
he'd actually upload that video.
883
00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:21,187
I apologized to the victim.
884
00:57:21,271 --> 00:57:25,525
I told her I really didn't expect that
he'd actually release the video like that.
885
00:57:25,608 --> 00:57:27,485
But the victim told me
886
00:57:27,569 --> 00:57:29,696
that I shouldn't let it get to me.
887
00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:36,744
She said that was exactly
what Baksa wanted.
888
00:57:36,828 --> 00:57:40,540
She also said the video
was bound to be released anyway.
889
00:57:48,506 --> 00:57:49,841
And that he was trying to use it
890
00:57:49,924 --> 00:57:51,384
to get our program involved.
891
00:57:54,596 --> 00:57:55,847
Was it my fault?
892
00:57:59,142 --> 00:58:00,643
I didn't know what to say.
893
00:58:01,227 --> 00:58:02,437
I made her a victim.
894
00:58:03,813 --> 00:58:07,233
I felt so guilty
about what happened to her.
895
00:58:09,944 --> 00:58:15,325
SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE
896
00:58:15,408 --> 00:58:18,244
SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY
897
00:58:22,957 --> 00:58:26,002
I heard that Baksa announced
that he'd make one of his victims
898
00:58:26,085 --> 00:58:29,047
commit suicide at the SBS building.
899
00:58:29,130 --> 00:58:29,964
OJ: I AM BAKSA'S SLAVE.
900
00:58:30,048 --> 00:58:32,300
I WILL KILL MYSELF ON THE ROOFTOP
OF THE SBS BUILDING IN A FEW DAYS
901
00:58:32,383 --> 00:58:33,343
BECAUSE BAKSA'S STORY WENT ON THE AIR
902
00:58:35,470 --> 00:58:36,888
BAKSA'S SLAVE
903
00:58:42,602 --> 00:58:43,811
LEE MIN-SANG, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR
904
00:58:43,895 --> 00:58:45,522
We only had the video at first.
905
00:58:45,605 --> 00:58:49,192
Her torso was the only thing we could see,
so we didn't have enough clues.
906
00:58:50,276 --> 00:58:52,195
We had notified the precinct
in charge of the area
907
00:58:52,278 --> 00:58:55,156
where the SBS building is,
just in case something happens.
908
00:58:55,740 --> 00:58:57,283
And we tried to find the victim.
909
00:58:58,368 --> 00:59:00,662
She seemed really young in the video.
910
00:59:02,622 --> 00:59:04,332
CHOI JI-HOON, SENIOR INSPECTOR
911
00:59:04,415 --> 00:59:05,917
In order to identify the victim,
912
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,503
we analyzed all the photos
Baksa had posted.
913
00:59:12,882 --> 00:59:17,178
We looked for even the smallest clues
that would help us find the victim.
914
00:59:17,262 --> 00:59:20,640
And while going through the data
obtained from Baksa's chat rooms…
915
00:59:21,307 --> 00:59:22,642
BAKSA'S SLAVE
916
00:59:39,659 --> 00:59:42,787
BAKSA'S SLAVE
917
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:53,089
We discovered that Baksa had shared
the victim's videos and photos before.
918
00:59:54,007 --> 00:59:57,468
The same girl in the video
who was saying she'd commit suicide.
919
00:59:58,469 --> 01:00:01,347
Eventually, we found
a video showing her face.
920
01:00:04,350 --> 01:00:06,227
In the video revealing the victim's face,
921
01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:07,937
there were books behind her.
922
01:00:16,613 --> 01:00:19,073
[Ji-hoon] We found some tiny letters
that looked like her name.
923
01:00:19,991 --> 01:00:22,327
That's how we found out her name
and the name of her school.
924
01:00:22,410 --> 01:00:25,163
NURI MIDDLE SCHOOL, KIM EUN-JEONG
925
01:00:25,246 --> 01:00:28,958
After a lot of searching,
we finally managed to identify the victim.
926
01:00:30,460 --> 01:00:31,336
NURI MIDDLE SCHOOL
927
01:00:31,419 --> 01:00:33,046
SEARCH RESULTS:
928
01:00:34,547 --> 01:00:35,715
SHOW ALL
929
01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:44,015
I think it was
930
01:00:44,932 --> 01:00:47,060
the day before Seollal.
931
01:00:47,935 --> 01:00:49,771
The highways have been packed with traffic
932
01:00:49,854 --> 01:00:53,775
due to the large number of people visiting
their families for the holiday season.
933
01:00:55,777 --> 01:00:58,655
[Min-sang] Since it was the holidays,
there was so much traffic.
934
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:02,825
I think we didn't arrive there
until 11 p.m. or midnight.
935
01:01:03,451 --> 01:01:05,953
We decided to keep watch until the morning
936
01:01:06,037 --> 01:01:10,416
just in case the victim
tried to do something unpredictable.
937
01:01:13,127 --> 01:01:14,170
We were waiting to see
938
01:01:14,253 --> 01:01:18,466
if she'd come out looking like
she was going somewhere far.
939
01:01:18,549 --> 01:01:21,636
And we were looking at her window
on the floor where she lived
940
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:25,473
to see if some kind of action
would go on in her window.
941
01:01:26,057 --> 01:01:29,268
We parked our car nearby
so we could keep an eye on her
942
01:01:29,352 --> 01:01:32,271
and took turns keeping watch
in pairs until the morning.
943
01:01:39,987 --> 01:01:41,906
We didn't approach her
right away in the morning.
944
01:01:41,989 --> 01:01:44,242
We stayed outside
to see if anyone would come out.
945
01:01:50,081 --> 01:01:53,126
We waited a couple of hours,
but nothing happened.
946
01:01:54,168 --> 01:01:55,420
So we all went upstairs
947
01:01:55,503 --> 01:01:58,005
and met with the victim and her parents.
948
01:01:58,089 --> 01:02:01,884
BAKSA'S SLAVE
949
01:02:04,178 --> 01:02:05,513
When we entered her room,
950
01:02:05,596 --> 01:02:07,265
we saw the twine that was used
951
01:02:07,348 --> 01:02:10,059
to take the photo
hanging from the doorknob.
952
01:02:10,977 --> 01:02:13,938
We also found notes
that she had been forced to write,
953
01:02:14,021 --> 01:02:17,275
such as "Baksa's chat room is the best."
954
01:02:17,358 --> 01:02:19,610
All those notes were just lying around.
955
01:02:21,154 --> 01:02:22,697
Baksa had been threatening to harm her
956
01:02:22,780 --> 01:02:24,657
so she was very frightened at the time.
957
01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:26,409
She couldn't refuse to do as he said.
958
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:31,622
Since I also have two children of my own,
I explained the situation to her parents.
959
01:02:31,706 --> 01:02:34,417
I told them what was happening,
that Baksa was blackmailing her,
960
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:36,544
and told them not to worry
about retaliation.
961
01:02:37,336 --> 01:02:39,046
We assured them
the safety of their daughter.
962
01:02:39,881 --> 01:02:42,175
[Seung-noh]
I knew we had to catch him no matter what.
963
01:02:42,842 --> 01:02:43,760
It wasn't just me.
964
01:02:43,843 --> 01:02:46,888
Everyone in my unit
was determined to catch him.
965
01:02:51,976 --> 01:02:55,521
[Kyu-yeon] Baksa ran three secret
chat rooms that had membership fees.
966
01:02:56,397 --> 01:03:00,234
The Hard Room, with a membership fee
of 250 thousand won,
967
01:03:00,318 --> 01:03:04,864
the High-rolling Sponsors Room
that costs 500 thousand won to join,
968
01:03:05,865 --> 01:03:09,952
and the most exclusive room
that costs a million won to join.
969
01:03:10,787 --> 01:03:13,998
It is estimated
that Baksa has earned over 100 million won
970
01:03:14,081 --> 01:03:15,750
from those three rooms.
971
01:03:16,584 --> 01:03:20,922
I monitored Baksa's chat room
while having dinner and watching our show.
972
01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:23,341
IT'S ON!
973
01:03:23,424 --> 01:03:25,510
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN
974
01:03:25,593 --> 01:03:27,220
TALKING BULLSHIT FROM THE START
975
01:03:27,303 --> 01:03:28,137
SEOKSA: SHE'S GODGOD'S SLAVE,
NOT BAKSA'S
976
01:03:28,221 --> 01:03:30,389
HASO: ISN'T SHE IN THE 5TH ROOM?
BAKSA: HOW WOULD I KNOW?
977
01:03:30,473 --> 01:03:31,808
HOHOHONG:
YOU HAVE TOO MANY SLAVES, BAKSA
978
01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:35,728
The members were all talking
about it in the chat room.
979
01:03:35,812 --> 01:03:37,605
They tried to guess who the victims were.
980
01:03:37,688 --> 01:03:39,106
"That's so-and-so.
981
01:03:39,190 --> 01:03:40,775
Actually, maybe not."
982
01:03:41,567 --> 01:03:43,611
"Is that her?" They were mocking us.
983
01:03:43,694 --> 01:03:45,446
"Hey, they're calling me a hikikomori.
984
01:03:45,530 --> 01:03:46,489
This is hilarious.
985
01:03:46,572 --> 01:03:48,407
The Korean police said they'd catch me.
986
01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:50,201
We'll see about that."
987
01:03:50,868 --> 01:03:53,079
He started to seem agitated
988
01:03:54,539 --> 01:03:55,998
when we mentioned Bestcoin.
989
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:57,708
When Bestcoin was brought up…
990
01:03:58,501 --> 01:03:59,877
He seemed perplexed
991
01:04:00,545 --> 01:04:04,048
and suddenly went quiet
after saying, "What?"
992
01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:07,760
[Kyu-yeon] Following a small lead,
993
01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:11,347
we found the cryptocurrency exchange
used by Baksa.
994
01:04:11,973 --> 01:04:13,683
[Kwang-il] Have you seen this recently?
995
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:20,064
[man] Yes. I think about 100 of those
were being sent to Baksa.
996
01:04:21,732 --> 01:04:23,192
CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE PLATFORM
997
01:04:23,276 --> 01:04:28,197
USED BY BAKSA TO SELL
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE VIDEOS
998
01:04:30,324 --> 01:04:33,160
He started complaining about
us ruining his business.
999
01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:34,579
All the members started panicking,
1000
01:04:34,662 --> 01:04:36,664
and asking if they were
going to get caught.
1001
01:04:36,747 --> 01:04:40,126
That day, I think there were
about a thousand people in the chat room.
1002
01:04:40,209 --> 01:04:43,004
BAKSA: WHAT?
1003
01:04:43,087 --> 01:04:44,338
HANA: THEY FOUND BESTCOIN
1004
01:04:44,422 --> 01:04:45,965
NONO: NO WAY
EVERYONE WHO'S SENT MONEY IS SCREWED
1005
01:04:46,048 --> 01:04:49,218
CHAECHISEU:
THEY WILL FIND THE DEPOSITORS
1006
01:04:49,302 --> 01:04:53,264
HORIRI: WHAT DO WE DO NOW, BAKSA?
1007
01:04:53,848 --> 01:04:56,726
After that,
he started to explain the situation.
1008
01:05:00,021 --> 01:05:03,649
BAKSA: I UNDERSTAND MANY OF YOU
ARE WORRIED AFTER WATCHING THE SHOW
1009
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:06,861
MANY OF MY CUSTOMERS
HAVE ASKED ME IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY
1010
01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:10,948
He told them that those who paid
to join the rooms were totally safe.
1011
01:05:11,032 --> 01:05:13,784
I HAVE PROVED MYSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN
I HAVE OVERCOME A LOT
1012
01:05:13,868 --> 01:05:16,287
YOU CAN TRUST ME AND JOIN THE ROOMS
1013
01:05:17,288 --> 01:05:21,459
Baksa continued to send messages
about how he was still totally safe.
1014
01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:26,088
Then he opened different accounts
for different kinds of cryptocurrency.
1015
01:05:26,172 --> 01:05:29,216
I think he tried
to change his modus operandi a little.
1016
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:30,635
BAKSA: THIS IS MY NEW ACCOUNT
1017
01:05:30,718 --> 01:05:34,263
MONERO
FOR INQUIRIES, BAKSAYA
1018
01:05:34,347 --> 01:05:37,391
I'VE SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT
BITCOIN
1019
01:05:37,475 --> 01:05:41,187
YOU CAN PAY ME HERE NOW
ETHEREUM
1020
01:05:42,897 --> 01:05:45,858
We thought following the money
would help us obtain a clear lead
1021
01:05:45,942 --> 01:05:47,818
because there had been
a monetary transaction
1022
01:05:47,902 --> 01:05:49,445
for this crime to be completed.
1023
01:05:50,071 --> 01:05:51,906
At first, we didn't put
much thought into it.
1024
01:05:51,989 --> 01:05:54,575
But since his earnings
from his crimes were hidden there,
1025
01:05:55,409 --> 01:05:57,078
we thought the info could be useful.
1026
01:05:57,828 --> 01:05:59,997
[Kim Wan] So we sent
all the screenshots to the police.
1027
01:06:01,582 --> 01:06:03,250
BAKSA: I'VE SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT
BITCOIN
1028
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:06,462
YOU CAN PAY ME HERE NOW
ETHEREUM
1029
01:06:08,339 --> 01:06:10,758
Baksa had to get his hands on the money.
1030
01:06:11,717 --> 01:06:14,679
[Min-sang] So, when people
sent cryptocurrency payments
1031
01:06:14,762 --> 01:06:15,805
to his wallet,
1032
01:06:15,888 --> 01:06:20,726
he had to get that money somehow,
by cashing it out or using other methods.
1033
01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:24,522
So we focused on finding out
how the payments were being cashed out
1034
01:06:24,605 --> 01:06:27,024
and who was getting the money in the end.
1035
01:06:29,735 --> 01:06:33,114
People at Bestcoin told us
Baksa tried to cash out all the payments
1036
01:06:33,197 --> 01:06:34,740
sent to his Monero wallet.
1037
01:06:34,824 --> 01:06:37,493
He wanted to cash out
about five million won.
1038
01:06:37,576 --> 01:06:40,204
[Kwang-il] On Telegram, Baksa said
he'd send a ninth-grader
1039
01:06:40,287 --> 01:06:41,497
to pick up the cash,
1040
01:06:41,580 --> 01:06:44,375
and a ninth-grader picked up
the five million won.
1041
01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:50,339
BAKSA: GO TO THE EXCHANGE AND CASH OUT
THE COINS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED
1042
01:06:50,423 --> 01:06:54,093
YES, SIR
1043
01:06:56,762 --> 01:06:59,265
Baksa seemed to have figured out
a way to monetize
1044
01:06:59,348 --> 01:07:01,017
and profit from this type of crime
1045
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:03,227
while engaging in these activities.
1046
01:07:03,310 --> 01:07:05,938
He somehow knew that having
the payments sent to him
1047
01:07:06,022 --> 01:07:08,858
through messenger apps
or directly to his bank account,
1048
01:07:08,941 --> 01:07:11,861
or even fake accounts
and fake phones was risky.
1049
01:07:11,944 --> 01:07:14,572
So he only accepted
cryptocurrency payments.
1050
01:07:14,655 --> 01:07:16,073
And when he wanted to cash them out,
1051
01:07:16,157 --> 01:07:19,744
he got people to pick up the cash
and throw them in random places.
1052
01:07:19,827 --> 01:07:23,789
BAKSA: THROW THEM AT OUR USUAL SPOT
1053
01:07:24,665 --> 01:07:26,459
A Chinese man who has dealt narcotics
1054
01:07:26,542 --> 01:07:28,294
by "throwing" the drugs
at specific locations
1055
01:07:28,377 --> 01:07:30,588
for his clients to pick up,
has been arrested.
1056
01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:34,633
[reporter 1] A man who has sneaked
into an alleyway in the dark of night
1057
01:07:34,717 --> 01:07:37,762
checks his cell phone
then leaves a suspicious parcel
1058
01:07:37,845 --> 01:07:39,764
below the AC unit and leaves.
1059
01:07:39,847 --> 01:07:43,100
This is a new method
of dealing drugs called "throwing."
1060
01:07:43,184 --> 01:07:44,935
CHO SEUNG-NOH, SENIOR INSPECTOR
1061
01:07:45,019 --> 01:07:47,897
He didn't use the common methods
that we had seen in the past,
1062
01:07:47,980 --> 01:07:51,108
such as receiving gift certificates
in exchange for such videos.
1063
01:07:52,234 --> 01:07:53,402
The way he received payments
1064
01:07:53,486 --> 01:07:55,613
and got people to "throw" cash
in certain places
1065
01:07:55,696 --> 01:07:59,450
was very similar to what we had
seen in phone scams.
1066
01:07:59,533 --> 01:08:01,368
I'd say it was almost identical.
1067
01:08:01,452 --> 01:08:02,453
PHONE SCAMMER TRICKED
1068
01:08:02,536 --> 01:08:05,831
[reporter 2] An old man returns home
with a paper bag full of money.
1069
01:08:05,915 --> 01:08:08,834
He was blackmailed to withdraw cash
from his bank account
1070
01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:11,128
and leave the money at his front door
1071
01:08:11,212 --> 01:08:14,507
because his personal information
had become compromised.
1072
01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:16,884
He had become a victim of a phone scam.
1073
01:08:16,967 --> 01:08:20,429
The 11 million won he had left
at his door disappeared quickly.
1074
01:08:21,388 --> 01:08:23,349
It made us think
that he could've been involved
1075
01:08:23,432 --> 01:08:24,725
in phone scams as well.
1076
01:08:24,809 --> 01:08:26,894
We thought there was a possibility.
1077
01:08:28,187 --> 01:08:32,233
We had a list of Baksa's IDs and accounts
that he was using on Telegram.
1078
01:08:32,316 --> 01:08:34,318
THE ONE AND ONLY STAR BAKSA
1079
01:08:34,401 --> 01:08:35,277
@BAKSAYA
USERNAME
1080
01:08:35,361 --> 01:08:36,445
INQUIRE THROUGH TELEGRAM POP1332
1081
01:08:36,529 --> 01:08:37,655
FOX BOMB @FOX***
1082
01:08:37,738 --> 01:08:38,823
LOOKING FOR PART-TIME MODELS
2~800 PER MONTH PLUS BENEFITS
1083
01:08:38,906 --> 01:08:39,990
IF YOU WANT TO BE A FITTING MODEL,
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR UNDERWEAR
1084
01:08:40,074 --> 01:08:41,575
DON'T YOU ANSWER??
1085
01:08:41,659 --> 01:08:43,202
COPY USERNAME
1086
01:08:49,708 --> 01:08:52,253
[Seung-noh] Even though some IDs
were used in a phone scam,
1087
01:08:52,336 --> 01:08:55,172
they were identical
to those Baksa used on Telegram.
1088
01:08:55,256 --> 01:08:57,675
TELEGRAM ID, CHDRL098
SOLD PERSONAL INFO TO USE IN PHONE SCAMS
1089
01:08:59,176 --> 01:09:01,554
TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
SIMILAR TO PHONE SCAMS
1090
01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,683
When Baksa introduced himself
in his Telegram chat rooms,
1091
01:09:05,766 --> 01:09:08,519
he'd say that he ran
a private investigation agency.
1092
01:09:09,228 --> 01:09:12,231
So we looked up the agencies
that might be linked to those IDs.
1093
01:09:12,314 --> 01:09:15,109
It was like looking
for a needle in a haystack.
1094
01:09:15,192 --> 01:09:17,278
We focused on his Telegram IDs.
1095
01:09:18,946 --> 01:09:20,656
Using the list of IDs we had,
1096
01:09:21,323 --> 01:09:24,827
we looked for past cases
that Baksa's IDs were involved in.
1097
01:09:24,910 --> 01:09:26,370
And during our search…
1098
01:09:27,079 --> 01:09:29,456
LIM ***-*** (TELEGRAM ID, MON21134)
1099
01:09:29,957 --> 01:09:33,294
DESPITE KNOWING CHOI ***'S CRIMES
JEONG ***-***'S TELEGRAM ID, HOTHOT09 WAS…
1100
01:09:35,045 --> 01:09:39,300
KIM ***-*** AND LEE ***-***
UNDER THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
1101
01:09:39,383 --> 01:09:41,135
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
DATE: MARCH 2019
1102
01:09:41,218 --> 01:09:42,887
ACCUSED: KIM, LEE
CHARGE: NARCOTICS FRAUD USING TELEGRAM.
1103
01:09:42,970 --> 01:09:44,889
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
1104
01:09:47,892 --> 01:09:51,437
[Min-sang] We found several narcotics
and firearms fraud cases.
1105
01:09:52,897 --> 01:09:54,023
[gunshots]
1106
01:09:55,441 --> 01:09:57,943
The couriers in those cases
were Kim and Lee.
1107
01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:02,740
INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS FRAUD
1108
01:10:02,823 --> 01:10:05,201
HANDLED ILLEGAL FUNDS
FROM CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
1109
01:10:05,284 --> 01:10:08,787
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
UNRELATED TO THE BAKSA CASE
1110
01:10:09,371 --> 01:10:12,374
We discovered that the Telegram ID
Kim and Lee both mentioned…
1111
01:10:12,958 --> 01:10:14,752
CASE SUMMARY
1112
01:10:14,835 --> 01:10:18,714
KIM AND LEE WERE CONTACTED ONLINE
AND GIVEN ORDERS BY MR. BAK
1113
01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:25,221
WHO USED THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE,
AND RAN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
1114
01:10:30,184 --> 01:10:31,685
…was one of the IDs…
1115
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:33,687
GO TAKE A NUDE SELFIE IN THE BATHROOM NOW
1116
01:10:33,771 --> 01:10:35,981
…that Baksa was using in this case.
1117
01:10:46,283 --> 01:10:49,620
Both Lee and Kim were under arrest
at the time.
1118
01:10:49,703 --> 01:10:52,539
They were both convicted
with four or five charges.
1119
01:10:53,999 --> 01:10:55,000
CASE SUMMARY
1120
01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:58,045
KIM AND LEE WERE CONTACTED ONLINE
AND GIVEN ORDERS BY MR. BAK
1121
01:10:58,128 --> 01:11:00,881
WHO USED THE TELEGRAM ID, K8GOOSE
1122
01:11:01,507 --> 01:11:04,468
You'd usually see a single count
on the case reports,
1123
01:11:04,551 --> 01:11:06,428
but they were convicted
under drug trafficking,
1124
01:11:06,512 --> 01:11:09,932
firearms trafficking,
and fraud charges, all separately.
1125
01:11:10,724 --> 01:11:12,476
And they both said
that they were working for…
1126
01:11:12,559 --> 01:11:16,230
LEFT THE MONEY FROM THE VICTIMS
BY A FIRE HYDRANT AS PER MR. BAK'S ORDER
1127
01:11:16,313 --> 01:11:21,568
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO MR. BAK IS
AND WERE GIVEN ORDERS VIA TELEGRAM
1128
01:11:21,652 --> 01:11:24,655
[Seung-noh] For an agency run by Mr. Bak.
1129
01:11:24,738 --> 01:11:28,075
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MR. BAK
1130
01:11:28,158 --> 01:11:29,535
There were about
1131
01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:33,497
70 to 80 chat rooms
that Baksa had created.
1132
01:11:33,580 --> 01:11:36,792
When we looked through all the chats,
we noticed that he often mentioned
1133
01:11:36,875 --> 01:11:39,503
that he used to run
a private investigation agency.
1134
01:11:39,586 --> 01:11:42,464
He could have been lying,
but it could have been true as well.
1135
01:11:42,548 --> 01:11:45,509
So we suspected
that Kim and Lee could be close to him,
1136
01:11:45,592 --> 01:11:48,262
or that maybe one of them
was Baksa himself.
1137
01:11:54,268 --> 01:11:57,146
We specified dozens of suspects
who we thought could be Baksa.
1138
01:11:57,855 --> 01:12:00,858
We kept narrowing down the list
by a process of elimination.
1139
01:12:00,941 --> 01:12:04,111
Eventually, we were left with one suspect.
1140
01:12:14,455 --> 01:12:19,001
BAKSA: BUDDA, DID YOU PICK UP THE CASH?
1141
01:12:19,084 --> 01:12:22,004
BUDDA: YES
1142
01:12:22,087 --> 01:12:26,508
BAKSA: THROW THEM AT OUR USUAL SPOT
1143
01:12:26,592 --> 01:12:29,303
BAKSA ROOM
1144
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BUDDA ROOM
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01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:37,936
BAKSA'S RIGHT-HAND MAN
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01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:40,606
PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION VIDEOS
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01:12:40,689 --> 01:12:43,692
HANDLED ILLICIT FUNDS FOR BAKSA
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01:12:54,328 --> 01:12:58,332
One day, Baksa told Budda
to open a cryptocurrency account,
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01:12:58,415 --> 01:13:01,085
withdraw money from it
and put it somewhere for him.
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01:13:02,002 --> 01:13:06,215
Budda was already
in police custody for some other case.
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01:13:06,298 --> 01:13:08,384
SUSPECT INTERROGATION REPORT
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01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,137
DATE: NOVEMBER 2019
SUSPECT: KANG (TELEGRAM ID 'BUDDA')
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01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:14,056
CHARGE: STALKING A MINOR
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01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:15,974
STATEMENT
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01:13:16,058 --> 01:13:20,646
Q: YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR STALKING A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
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01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:24,316
WAS THIS CONNECTED
TO THE BAKSA ROOM CASE?
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01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:31,407
A: NO, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE BAKSA ROOM CASE
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01:13:32,908 --> 01:13:35,160
While admitting to the crime he committed,
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01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:37,538
he stated he was just Baksa's errand boy.
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01:13:38,288 --> 01:13:40,749
We asked him, "What kinds of errands?"
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01:13:42,126 --> 01:13:45,629
Under Baksa's orders,
Budda created cryptocurrency accounts,
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01:13:45,712 --> 01:13:49,133
cashed the payment Baksa received
in his own bank account
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01:13:49,216 --> 01:13:51,343
and delivered the money to Baksa.
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01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:53,554
He claimed he was threatened by Baksa
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01:13:53,637 --> 01:13:55,973
to throw money somewhere
for him to retrieve.
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01:13:59,351 --> 01:14:01,687
It was the same for Lee and Kim.
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01:14:01,770 --> 01:14:04,523
They collected the money
from their narcotics and firearms schemes
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01:14:04,606 --> 01:14:06,900
and left them somewhere
for Baksa to retrieve.
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01:14:10,821 --> 01:14:12,489
There were several locations.
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01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:19,079
And when we looked at the locations
used by Baksa and his delivery,
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01:14:19,163 --> 01:14:21,957
we were able to narrow it down
to a few spots.
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01:14:22,624 --> 01:14:24,668
[Seung-noh] Lee, Kim, and Budda
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01:14:24,751 --> 01:14:29,089
had all previously delivered money
to one of those locations in the past.
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01:14:32,551 --> 01:14:35,304
SUWON
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01:14:38,140 --> 01:14:40,934
We tracked it to a place
nobody would ever think of.
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01:14:42,853 --> 01:14:46,482
FIRE HYDRANT
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01:14:47,191 --> 01:14:49,902
It was a fire hydrant
inside an apartment building.
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01:14:49,985 --> 01:14:52,654
We confirmed that
a cash payment had been left there.
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01:14:52,738 --> 01:14:54,948
We had to find the final destination.
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01:14:55,032 --> 01:14:55,866
Simply put,
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01:14:56,700 --> 01:15:00,496
the person who takes the money in the end
would most likely be Baksa.
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01:15:00,579 --> 01:15:02,456
[Seung-noh] So we kept tracking the money.
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01:15:03,123 --> 01:15:06,001
Our whole team
did stakeouts for about a month.
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01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:16,428
We believed someone in the apartment
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01:15:16,512 --> 01:15:19,181
had been collecting money
from the fire hydrant.
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01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:23,602
[Seung-noh]
Based on the information we obtained
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01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:27,481
about the dates and times of the drop-offs
and the specific fire hydrants…
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01:15:28,774 --> 01:15:32,694
[Min-sang] We looked through
months' worth of CCTV footage
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01:15:32,778 --> 01:15:36,406
to see who took the elevator
and who walked up and down the stairs.
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01:15:36,949 --> 01:15:39,660
[Seung-noh] Sometimes, they got off
on that very floor,
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01:15:39,743 --> 01:15:41,954
but there were times
when they got off on a different floor
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01:15:42,037 --> 01:15:44,164
and used the stairs
to get to the fire hydrant.
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01:15:44,248 --> 01:15:46,083
In the process of analyzing the footage,
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01:15:46,166 --> 01:15:48,001
we spotted a suspicious resident.
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01:15:57,219 --> 01:15:59,179
So we started tailing her.
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01:16:00,681 --> 01:16:01,848
She looked young,
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01:16:01,932 --> 01:16:05,018
but she'd wire a large amount
of money using an ATM.
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She would usually act like a normal kid,
hanging out with her friends and stuff.
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[Min-sang] But on certain days,
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01:16:18,574 --> 01:16:21,994
she'd take the subway
and go somewhere far to meet someone.
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01:16:23,662 --> 01:16:24,997
We saw her doing that.
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01:16:27,874 --> 01:16:29,209
So we investigated all her routes,
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01:16:29,293 --> 01:16:32,379
and kept a record of when they met up
and parted ways,
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01:16:32,462 --> 01:16:35,882
and what was happening
in the chat rooms after the meetings.
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01:16:35,966 --> 01:16:37,801
We analyzed everything.
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01:16:37,884 --> 01:16:40,596
If Baksa was seen in the chat rooms
while they were meeting,
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01:16:40,679 --> 01:16:42,514
then it probably wasn't Baksa.
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01:16:43,724 --> 01:16:46,268
[Seung-noh] But then again,
he was rarely seen in the chat rooms.
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01:16:46,351 --> 01:16:47,185
NONO: WHERE'S BAKSA?
SANGSANG: WHERE DID MR. BAK GO?
1210
01:16:49,229 --> 01:16:51,231
So we tracked that man again.
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01:16:51,857 --> 01:16:54,401
He went to another location
after meeting that girl.
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01:16:57,821 --> 01:17:00,657
And he met another man at a new location.
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01:17:00,741 --> 01:17:03,702
According to Baksa's claim
he made in that chat room,
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01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:04,786
he was living abroad
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01:17:04,870 --> 01:17:08,874
and apparently, he had his men collect
and wire his money to him.
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01:17:18,675 --> 01:17:19,885
If that was true,
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01:17:19,968 --> 01:17:22,471
that man would be giving the money
to another man.
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01:17:27,267 --> 01:17:30,562
But it was the other way around.
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01:17:31,688 --> 01:17:33,565
He collected money from the other man.
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01:17:34,441 --> 01:17:36,151
The money from the fire hydrant…
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01:17:36,818 --> 01:17:37,861
[cameras shutter clicks]
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01:17:37,944 --> 01:17:39,655
…and the money from the other man.
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01:17:40,447 --> 01:17:41,615
[cameras shutter clicks]
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01:17:41,698 --> 01:17:44,826
We saw that this man
was collecting all the money.
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01:17:46,078 --> 01:17:47,079
So, with this…
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01:17:48,705 --> 01:17:50,332
we concluded that he had to be Baksa.
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01:18:00,258 --> 01:18:05,180
BAKSA ROOM
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01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:06,556
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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01:18:14,314 --> 01:18:16,525
[tense music]
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01:18:26,952 --> 01:18:29,996
There were around 40 of us
working on the case that day.
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01:18:30,956 --> 01:18:32,708
One group was tailing him on a stakeout
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01:18:32,791 --> 01:18:36,503
along the routes from the subway
and the bus station to his home.
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01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:44,219
[Seung-noh] And another group
was on a stakeout near his home.
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01:18:46,805 --> 01:18:50,350
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
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01:19:01,278 --> 01:19:04,489
If we knocked on his door
and barged in when he was home,
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01:19:04,573 --> 01:19:07,534
he'd obviously try to destroy
all of the evidence.
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01:19:08,535 --> 01:19:11,121
We had to arrest him
when he was still logged in on Telegram
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01:19:11,204 --> 01:19:12,789
to obtain solid evidence.
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01:19:12,873 --> 01:19:14,541
[Seung-noh]
The thing about Telegram is that
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01:19:14,624 --> 01:19:16,710
everything gets deleted when you log out.
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01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:22,632
So we waited for the right time.
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01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:24,843
From around 6 or 7 a.m.
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01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:28,054
I think we were on a stakeout
for about eight to nine hours.
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01:19:29,848 --> 01:19:32,142
There was no movement for hours.
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01:19:32,225 --> 01:19:33,268
Then, finally,
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01:19:34,060 --> 01:19:35,854
around 4:30 to 5 p.m…
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01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:40,859
he left the house to go for a bike ride.
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01:19:42,527 --> 01:19:45,363
[Min-sang] It seemed like his father
was teaching him how to ride a bike.
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01:19:46,072 --> 01:19:49,201
After doing that for a while,
they went back home.
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01:19:49,826 --> 01:19:52,954
We were constantly monitoring
his Telegram chat rooms as well.
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01:19:53,580 --> 01:19:55,290
We were waiting on the roof of his house.
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01:20:03,423 --> 01:20:05,425
[suspenseful music]
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01:20:23,693 --> 01:20:30,700
ACTUAL CCTV FOOTAGE
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01:20:46,174 --> 01:20:50,929
SEOUL JONGNO POLICE STATION
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01:20:59,271 --> 01:21:00,939
[interviewer] I think it was premeditated.
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01:21:01,022 --> 01:21:03,233
It's the people's right to know
and to prevent crimes.
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[reporter 1] Do you have anything to say
to the victims?
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Thank you for putting an end to the life
of a demon that I could not stop.
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01:21:12,492 --> 01:21:15,453
[reporter 2] Do you admit to the charge
of distributing pornography?
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01:21:18,206 --> 01:21:19,583
[reporter 1] Don't you feel guilty?
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01:21:23,753 --> 01:21:25,213
[reporter 2] Don't you feel guilty?
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Do you admit to the crimes?
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01:21:33,346 --> 01:21:34,180
[Kwang-il] Mr. Bak!
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01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:38,560
It's me, Mr. Choi! Why did you lie to us?
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01:21:38,643 --> 01:21:40,061
[reporter 3] Don't you feel guilty?
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Don't you want
to apologize to your victims?
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01:21:42,772 --> 01:21:43,607
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
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01:21:43,690 --> 01:21:44,774
Mr. Bak!
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01:21:49,321 --> 01:21:50,530
[woman] Repent!
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01:21:58,121 --> 01:22:01,917
The day after Cho Ju-bin's interview,
a story about him was on the front page.
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01:22:02,792 --> 01:22:05,420
[Dan] When I saw that his face
was on the front page,
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01:22:05,503 --> 01:22:07,505
I stomped on the newspaper.
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01:22:07,589 --> 01:22:09,758
That's how much I despised him.
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01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:12,552
Although Baksa was caught,
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01:22:12,636 --> 01:22:15,680
the victims never got
a word of apology out of him.
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01:22:17,015 --> 01:22:19,726
Baksa being arrested
wasn't the end of it all.
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01:22:19,809 --> 01:22:21,645
If he's labeled as "a demon,"
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01:22:21,728 --> 01:22:24,773
the millions of others
who had participated in those chat rooms
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01:22:24,856 --> 01:22:26,816
would seem less evil by comparison.
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01:22:26,900 --> 01:22:29,194
By referring to himself as "a demon,"
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01:22:29,277 --> 01:22:32,030
it seemed like he was trying
to put himself on a pedestal.
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01:22:32,113 --> 01:22:33,615
Not "demon" meaning "bad."
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01:22:33,698 --> 01:22:37,369
Almost as if he was boasting
that his deeds were unparalleled.
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01:22:39,162 --> 01:22:41,957
I was disgusted
that he called himself that.
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01:22:43,249 --> 01:22:48,713
Cho Ju-bin and other co-conspirators
of the Baksa Rooms have been arrested.
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01:22:48,797 --> 01:22:50,924
However, the whereabouts of Godgod,
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01:22:51,007 --> 01:22:54,594
the first one to have created
the chat rooms is still a mystery.
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01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:57,222
BAKSA ROOM
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01:22:59,766 --> 01:23:04,354
NTH ROOMS
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01:23:08,733 --> 01:23:14,948
LAST ONLINE 11 MONTHS AGO
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01:23:15,031 --> 01:23:18,034
CURRENTLY ONLINE
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01:23:23,707 --> 01:23:28,003
I heard that Godgod wanted to meet me
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01:23:28,086 --> 01:23:31,673
after the Y-Story episode on Baksa
had aired.
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01:23:32,924 --> 01:23:34,551
He said this in one of the chat rooms.
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01:23:34,634 --> 01:23:35,885
GODGOD IS TYPING
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01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:38,513
GODGOD: TELL JEONG JAE-WON AT Y-STORY
TO CONTACT ME IF YOU SEE HIM LOL
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01:23:38,596 --> 01:23:40,557
ADFS: GODGOD, YOU'RE BACK
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01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:44,477
ADFDF: ARE YOU REALLY GODGOD?
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01:23:45,061 --> 01:23:47,272
[Jae-won]
If something on the show provoked him,
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01:23:48,064 --> 01:23:50,025
there was only one thing I could think of.
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01:23:50,108 --> 01:23:52,944
The part where Baksa mentioned Godgod.
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01:23:53,611 --> 01:23:56,531
"Godgod produces low-quality content."
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01:23:56,614 --> 01:23:58,616
I think that's what provoked him.
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01:23:58,700 --> 01:23:59,909
It got him
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01:24:00,952 --> 01:24:02,579
really riled up.
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01:24:04,706 --> 01:24:06,416
THIS IS SBS Y-STORY'S
PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEONG JAE-WON
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01:24:07,917 --> 01:24:10,462
HELLO, MR. JEONG
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01:24:11,296 --> 01:24:13,173
HELLO, MR. JEONG
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01:24:13,256 --> 01:24:19,220
WE'RE A TEAM OF HACKERS
TRYING TO TRACK DOWN GODGOD
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01:24:20,430 --> 01:24:22,098
I just call them "Red Team."
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01:24:22,182 --> 01:24:23,933
They're a team of hackers.
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01:24:24,934 --> 01:24:27,437
They said they were capable
of tracking him down
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01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:29,355
and were already working on it.
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01:24:30,273 --> 01:24:32,567
They had already collected
a large amount of data
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01:24:32,650 --> 01:24:36,362
and had the means to obtain
his personal information and address.
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01:24:38,323 --> 01:24:39,532
They were legitimate.
1317
01:24:41,785 --> 01:24:44,120
AN ANONYMOUS HACKER GROUP
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01:24:44,204 --> 01:24:48,833
TRACED GODGOD AND HANDED HIS INFO
OVER TO PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEONG JAE-WON
1319
01:24:49,459 --> 01:24:52,796
Red Team contacted Godgod
pretending to be one of his followers
1320
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:53,755
and told him…
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01:24:54,339 --> 01:24:56,216
SEND DIRECT MESSAGE
1322
01:24:57,133 --> 01:25:02,889
THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR IS COLLECTING
TIP-OFFS ABOUT YOU THROUGH THIS LINK
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01:25:02,972 --> 01:25:07,227
SBS IS COLLECTING INFORMATION
ABOUT NTH ROOMS
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01:25:08,895 --> 01:25:11,731
And Godgod clicked that link
because he was nervous.
1325
01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:13,441
We got a lead on him.
1326
01:25:13,525 --> 01:25:16,152
There were scripts embedded in the page.
1327
01:25:19,781 --> 01:25:22,826
KANG IN-WOOK, WHITE HACKER
RAON WHITEHAT
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01:25:25,453 --> 01:25:26,663
In the digital world,
1329
01:25:26,746 --> 01:25:30,416
you inevitably end up leaving traces
once you're connected to a network.
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01:25:30,500 --> 01:25:33,211
Criminals cannot hide forever
because of that reason.
1331
01:25:37,590 --> 01:25:39,384
I reviewed the data from the Red Team.
1332
01:25:40,093 --> 01:25:43,054
There were hidden codes
that could extract info on Godgod.
1333
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:46,599
So we could say that
he fell for the exact same trick
1334
01:25:46,683 --> 01:25:48,810
that he always used on his victims.
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01:25:49,519 --> 01:25:53,982
[In-wook] This is Godgod's IP address.
We can see more details here.
1336
01:25:54,732 --> 01:25:57,652
We were able to see
the cell phone model that he was using.
1337
01:25:58,319 --> 01:26:01,948
If you look up the IP address,
you can see the location.
1338
01:26:03,408 --> 01:26:04,242
ANSEONG
1339
01:26:04,325 --> 01:26:05,326
[Jae-won] It was Anseong.
1340
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:08,913
It was a building in the city of Anseong,
in Gyeonggi province.
1341
01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:11,291
When he clicked on the link,
1342
01:26:11,374 --> 01:26:15,128
he was using a public Wi-Fi network
on his Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
1343
01:26:15,211 --> 01:26:17,130
Through the data provided by Red Team,
1344
01:26:17,797 --> 01:26:20,133
we were able to obtain this information.
1345
01:26:37,275 --> 01:26:40,612
The police got a warrant issued
based on the reported IP address.
1346
01:26:40,695 --> 01:26:44,365
Then the Internet service provider
informed the police that the IP address
1347
01:26:44,449 --> 01:26:47,452
belonged to a wireless router
used by a company in Anseong.
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01:26:57,545 --> 01:27:00,882
GYEONGBUK PROVINCIAL POLICE
1349
01:27:03,009 --> 01:27:06,804
[Jun-ho] We had a list of IP addresses
associated with Godgod.
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01:27:06,888 --> 01:27:10,600
In order to track the multiple
IP addresses that he had used,
1351
01:27:10,683 --> 01:27:14,479
we drew circles based on the locations
of the IP addresses.
1352
01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:17,273
[Ho-jin] Then we listed the suspects
living in the area
1353
01:27:17,357 --> 01:27:18,900
where the circles overlapped.
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01:27:32,872 --> 01:27:33,706
SON JUN-HO, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR
1355
01:27:33,790 --> 01:27:37,168
We were able to specify a house
that seemed to be Godgod's residence.
1356
01:27:39,170 --> 01:27:41,422
He usually committed
the crimes at his apartment
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01:27:41,506 --> 01:27:42,632
or his parent's place.
1358
01:27:42,715 --> 01:27:45,468
And he got the tools he needed
from his father's shop.
1359
01:27:54,060 --> 01:27:56,020
[Ho-jin] His father ran a junk shop.
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01:27:56,104 --> 01:27:58,356
There were a lot
of discarded phones there,
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01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:00,400
so he kept switching phones.
1362
01:28:00,483 --> 01:28:02,277
[Han-gyeo-re]
He'd either use a discarded phone
1363
01:28:02,360 --> 01:28:04,195
or instead of using his personal router,
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01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:06,197
he'd use someone else's router.
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01:28:06,781 --> 01:28:09,242
He used every Wi-Fi network around
1366
01:28:09,325 --> 01:28:10,994
that didn't require a password
to connect to.
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01:28:11,077 --> 01:28:12,912
[Ho-jin] It was hard to catch him.
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01:28:14,038 --> 01:28:16,082
[Han-gyeo-re]
Because he was using IP addresses
1369
01:28:16,165 --> 01:28:18,167
assigned to other people's routers.
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01:28:21,337 --> 01:28:22,213
CONNECTING
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01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:29,470
And since he was using Wi-Fi extenders
to connect to them from afar,
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01:28:29,554 --> 01:28:32,265
the police couldn't get
his exact location at first.
1373
01:28:53,077 --> 01:28:55,204
He even got rid
of the routers periodically.
1374
01:28:56,164 --> 01:28:58,791
We confirmed that
he destroyed all the evidence
1375
01:28:58,875 --> 01:29:03,004
when the case became known to the public
between January and March.
1376
01:29:05,381 --> 01:29:09,135
Godgod initially saved the videos
of his victims on his SD cards,
1377
01:29:09,218 --> 01:29:11,346
which he disposed of periodically.
1378
01:29:17,143 --> 01:29:18,728
Before disposing of them,
1379
01:29:18,811 --> 01:29:21,856
he uploaded the videos
to a cloud storage named Mega
1380
01:29:21,939 --> 01:29:24,108
and shared the links
to the Telegram chat rooms.
1381
01:29:24,192 --> 01:29:26,861
GODGOD: IT'S UPLOADED TO MEGA
1382
01:29:30,073 --> 01:29:31,866
[Han-gyeo-re]
He used a random email address
1383
01:29:31,949 --> 01:29:33,785
to create an account for the cloud server,
1384
01:29:33,868 --> 01:29:36,788
so he himself didn't even
remember the password.
1385
01:29:36,871 --> 01:29:39,540
He only used the account
to distribute the videos.
1386
01:29:39,624 --> 01:29:42,001
There was a video
that Godgod had recorded,
1387
01:29:42,085 --> 01:29:44,504
which showed his phone's screen.
1388
01:29:44,587 --> 01:29:47,465
TELEGRAM
1389
01:29:59,268 --> 01:30:01,896
4TH ROOM, GODGOD
LIVE SLAVE EVENT
1390
01:30:01,979 --> 01:30:03,940
WE HAVE A NEW SLAVE
LOOK FORWARD TO IT
1391
01:30:04,023 --> 01:30:07,527
[Ho-jin] We could see which applications
were installed on his phone.
1392
01:30:12,198 --> 01:30:14,283
Many of them weren't commonly used apps.
1393
01:30:14,367 --> 01:30:19,205
Apps like Mobizen, TextNow,
a lesbian dating app, and so on.
1394
01:30:23,417 --> 01:30:26,504
MOBIZEN, L
1395
01:30:26,587 --> 01:30:30,716
[Jun-ho] When we visited the junk shop,
we saw a lot of old phones.
1396
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,468
There was a huge pile of them.
1397
01:30:32,552 --> 01:30:36,514
We believed there was a high probability
that those were used in his crimes,
1398
01:30:36,597 --> 01:30:39,392
so we seized dozens of phones
from the junk shop.
1399
01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:44,105
[Ho-jin] We narrowed them down to a few
that seemed to have been used by him
1400
01:30:44,188 --> 01:30:46,440
and performed a digital forensic analysis.
1401
01:31:00,163 --> 01:31:04,167
GODGOD'S PHONE, SUSPECT'S PHONE
1402
01:31:05,084 --> 01:31:07,170
Mobizen, a lesbian dating app.
1403
01:31:07,253 --> 01:31:10,548
[Jun-ho] Twitter, four different accounts,
and TextNow.
1404
01:31:17,138 --> 01:31:20,433
Similar applications
were installed on both phones.
1405
01:31:20,516 --> 01:31:23,060
So we concluded
that the suspect was Godgod.
1406
01:31:28,608 --> 01:31:32,445
We showed him the phones
that we seized from the junk shop
1407
01:31:33,112 --> 01:31:35,615
and asked him if they belonged to him.
1408
01:31:36,240 --> 01:31:37,950
He hesitated a bit,
1409
01:31:38,034 --> 01:31:41,787
but eventually admitted that he is Godgod.
1410
01:31:45,958 --> 01:31:48,586
The Telegram chat rooms
that shared sexually exploitative…
1411
01:31:48,669 --> 01:31:50,338
-The one who created…
-These Nth Rooms…
1412
01:31:50,421 --> 01:31:51,631
-Godgod…
-Telegram ID…
1413
01:31:51,714 --> 01:31:53,716
-Godgod has been arrested.
-Godgod has been arrested.
1414
01:31:55,468 --> 01:31:58,095
[reporter 1]
A man is being escorted out by the police.
1415
01:31:58,179 --> 01:32:00,389
He has a round face
and is wearing glasses.
1416
01:32:00,473 --> 01:32:03,017
Godgod's expression
seems indifferent and calm.
1417
01:32:03,100 --> 01:32:04,936
This is the moment Moon Hyung-wook,
1418
01:32:05,019 --> 01:32:08,522
AKA, Godgod's face,
is being revealed to the public.
1419
01:32:08,606 --> 01:32:10,316
Even as he is apologizing,
1420
01:32:10,399 --> 01:32:12,610
he doesn't seem
to be feeling an ounce of regret.
1421
01:32:13,986 --> 01:32:16,364
I want to tell the victims
and their families that I'm sorry.
1422
01:32:16,447 --> 01:32:18,366
[reporter 2]
What was the purpose of those crimes?
1423
01:32:19,075 --> 01:32:22,203
I think I had corrupt sexual ethics.
1424
01:32:22,286 --> 01:32:23,788
[reporter 3]
What's your relationship with Cho Ju-bin?
1425
01:32:23,871 --> 01:32:24,914
[Hyung-wook] I do not know him.
1426
01:32:24,997 --> 01:32:25,831
[reporter 2] Say something to the victims!
1427
01:32:25,915 --> 01:32:27,124
[officer] That's enough. Please stop now.
1428
01:32:27,208 --> 01:32:28,125
[Hyung-wook] I'm sorry.
1429
01:32:28,209 --> 01:32:29,919
-I'm sorry.
-[officer] Step down.
1430
01:32:30,503 --> 01:32:31,420
[reporter 4] Look here!
1431
01:32:32,380 --> 01:32:34,048
-[reporter 3] Excuse me.
-[reporter 4] Hey, over here!
1432
01:32:34,131 --> 01:32:35,091
Coming through.
1433
01:32:44,392 --> 01:32:47,103
[phone ringing]
1434
01:32:53,442 --> 01:32:56,195
CHOI KWANG-IL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JTBC'S SPOTLIGHT
1435
01:32:56,279 --> 01:32:58,072
Um, it was a young kid.
1436
01:32:59,573 --> 01:33:01,450
When I first got the phone call,
1437
01:33:02,243 --> 01:33:03,703
something felt off.
1438
01:33:04,495 --> 01:33:08,708
You know, the sounds that we hear
in our everyday lives…
1439
01:33:09,583 --> 01:33:14,547
Something that young kids would say like,
"Mom, I'm talking on the phone."
1440
01:33:14,630 --> 01:33:16,424
I could also tell that the TV was on,
1441
01:33:16,507 --> 01:33:19,552
and it sounded like
her mother was cooking in the kitchen.
1442
01:33:19,635 --> 01:33:22,138
So I thought, "This isn't a phone scam."
1443
01:33:22,221 --> 01:33:24,265
Then she said, "I want to report.
1444
01:33:27,310 --> 01:33:29,353
Something about the Nth Rooms."
1445
01:33:31,564 --> 01:33:32,940
CHANG EUN-JO
1446
01:33:33,024 --> 01:33:34,275
She sounded very young.
1447
01:33:34,358 --> 01:33:35,484
She said, "Hello?"
1448
01:33:35,568 --> 01:33:38,029
When I answered the call,
I could hear her saying,
1449
01:33:38,654 --> 01:33:41,657
"No, Mom! I have something to do.
I'll be right back."
1450
01:33:43,284 --> 01:33:46,078
Then it sounded like
she was stepping out of the house.
1451
01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:48,164
It was fine up until that point.
1452
01:33:48,247 --> 01:33:52,752
She said, "I was bored, so I started
chatting with random people online.
1453
01:33:52,835 --> 01:33:56,464
And this person said he'd give me money
if I sent him some photos."
1454
01:34:00,968 --> 01:34:02,928
Then things happened very quickly.
1455
01:34:03,971 --> 01:34:07,183
She said, "My family had to move
because of me.
1456
01:34:07,266 --> 01:34:08,934
I transferred schools."
1457
01:34:11,729 --> 01:34:13,814
But then, many people saw the video of her
1458
01:34:13,898 --> 01:34:17,693
and sent it to her asking if it was her.
1459
01:34:20,029 --> 01:34:22,365
I told her everything
was going to be okay.
1460
01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:24,617
She said her parents were worried
1461
01:34:24,700 --> 01:34:26,952
that she might try to take her own life.
1462
01:34:28,454 --> 01:34:29,372
Then…
1463
01:34:31,332 --> 01:34:34,210
she talked about the video
she was forced to make,
1464
01:34:34,293 --> 01:34:35,920
and I could tell who she was.
1465
01:34:36,003 --> 01:34:37,088
And then…
1466
01:34:42,134 --> 01:34:44,345
she described the other things
she had done.
1467
01:34:45,012 --> 01:34:46,639
As soon as I heard it,
1468
01:34:47,848 --> 01:34:49,767
I knew what she was talking about.
1469
01:34:51,477 --> 01:34:52,895
I knew exactly
1470
01:34:53,604 --> 01:34:56,607
what she was talking about,
because I had seen the videos of her.
1471
01:34:58,317 --> 01:35:00,945
But I was telling her it was okay.
1472
01:35:01,862 --> 01:35:03,280
That nobody knows.
1473
01:35:14,125 --> 01:35:16,919
"All I did was click on the link.
I only chatted with them.
1474
01:35:17,002 --> 01:35:19,839
I only watched the videos
and did nothing else."
1475
01:35:19,922 --> 01:35:22,341
Digital sex crimes become more serious
1476
01:35:22,425 --> 01:35:25,594
when such media produce
becomes shared between multiple people.
1477
01:35:25,678 --> 01:35:28,305
All the small acts that people
don't take seriously
1478
01:35:28,389 --> 01:35:31,100
could end up inflicting tremendous harm
on the victims
1479
01:35:31,183 --> 01:35:33,018
when combined and accumulated.
1480
01:35:33,102 --> 01:35:35,187
You can easily destroy the victims' lives
1481
01:35:35,271 --> 01:35:37,898
and prevent them
from continuing with their normal lives.
1482
01:35:37,982 --> 01:35:39,316
It only takes one click.
1483
01:35:40,067 --> 01:35:43,112
"I didn't rape or sexually assault anyone.
1484
01:35:43,195 --> 01:35:46,490
Everyone watches videos on YouTube
or other streaming sites.
1485
01:35:46,574 --> 01:35:48,993
All I did was watch some hardcore stuff
1486
01:35:49,076 --> 01:35:50,703
Why should I be punished for it?"
1487
01:35:50,786 --> 01:35:54,582
But from the victim's point of view,
their actions clearly inflicted harm.
1488
01:35:54,665 --> 01:35:56,041
It's so obvious.
1489
01:35:56,125 --> 01:35:58,419
The victims were exposed
to a serious crime
1490
01:35:58,502 --> 01:36:01,589
and they'll be traumatized
for the rest of their lives.
1491
01:36:01,672 --> 01:36:04,967
What's even worse is that
it's not just one person who's involved.
1492
01:36:05,050 --> 01:36:08,179
Multiple people were involved
in the Nth Rooms case.
1493
01:36:08,262 --> 01:36:11,182
This crime would not have occurred
without any demands for it.
1494
01:36:11,265 --> 01:36:14,602
Cho Ju-bin never would've been able
to commit all those crimes
1495
01:36:14,685 --> 01:36:17,730
had there not been that demand
for such content.
1496
01:36:44,673 --> 01:36:46,717
[Eun-ho] The public
was only made aware of this case
1497
01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:51,263
after the victims had endured abuse
and exploitation for a long time.
1498
01:36:51,347 --> 01:36:55,309
It was only after they decided to expose
the abuse they had been suffering
1499
01:36:55,392 --> 01:36:57,520
that the investigation could begin.
1500
01:36:57,603 --> 01:36:59,730
Some of the victims
decided to come forward
1501
01:36:59,813 --> 01:37:03,275
because they didn't want others
to experience what they had suffered.
1502
01:37:06,278 --> 01:37:09,532
When I asked the victims
what motivated them to report the crimes
1503
01:37:09,615 --> 01:37:12,076
or what made them
muster up the courage to do it,
1504
01:37:12,159 --> 01:37:14,662
they said they wanted Baksa to get caught.
1505
01:37:14,745 --> 01:37:17,623
And some said they hoped
Telegram would disappear.
1506
01:37:17,706 --> 01:37:19,542
They didn't want anyone else
to become a victim.
1507
01:37:19,625 --> 01:37:21,252
They were really brave.
1508
01:37:22,169 --> 01:37:25,756
Without their courage, we wouldn't have
been able to air the program,
1509
01:37:25,839 --> 01:37:29,468
and Team Flame and The Hankyoreh
wouldn't have been able to report on it.
1510
01:37:36,267 --> 01:37:37,810
One of the victims told us…
1511
01:37:37,893 --> 01:37:38,811
OH YEON-SEO, JOURNALIST
THE HANKYOREH
1512
01:37:38,894 --> 01:37:42,147
…that there was a comment
on one of the articles that said,
1513
01:37:42,231 --> 01:37:47,319
"Please tell me what I can do to cheer on
and support such brave daughters."
1514
01:37:47,403 --> 01:37:49,071
That was the comment.
1515
01:37:56,787 --> 01:38:00,124
There were so many articles
about Baksa at the time,
1516
01:38:00,207 --> 01:38:02,084
and she said that one comment
1517
01:38:02,167 --> 01:38:03,961
gave her so much strength.
1518
01:38:04,712 --> 01:38:07,965
She said it made her realize
that there were actually people out there
1519
01:38:08,048 --> 01:38:09,550
who were rooting for her.
1520
01:38:10,259 --> 01:38:14,138
And that comment meant more to her
than any of the other articles.
1521
01:38:14,221 --> 01:38:16,223
[calm music]
1522
01:38:47,546 --> 01:38:51,300
[staff] Would you still cover this story
if you could go back in time?
1523
01:38:51,383 --> 01:38:53,135
No, I wouldn't want to do it.
1524
01:38:53,218 --> 01:38:54,470
I really wouldn't.
1525
01:38:54,553 --> 01:38:55,471
I mean it.
1526
01:38:56,305 --> 01:38:57,389
It was like hell for me.
1527
01:38:58,307 --> 01:39:01,810
[Kim Wan] It was hell because
of the responsibility and ethics involved.
1528
01:39:02,394 --> 01:39:04,480
I'd have to do it if I knew about it.
1529
01:39:04,563 --> 01:39:08,067
I probably would have been happier
had I not covered the story.
1530
01:39:12,112 --> 01:39:14,531
l can answer that without any hesitation.
1531
01:39:14,615 --> 01:39:17,534
That I would still write
that article for sure.
1532
01:39:17,618 --> 01:39:20,120
[Yeon-seo] These days,
I keep finding myself thinking,
1533
01:39:20,204 --> 01:39:22,539
"Why didn't I dig into that in November?
1534
01:39:22,623 --> 01:39:24,333
Why didn't I dig deeper?
1535
01:39:24,416 --> 01:39:26,543
Why didn't I take a screenshot of that?"
1536
01:39:27,711 --> 01:39:30,673
I think I'd do a better job
if I could go back in time.
1537
01:39:31,423 --> 01:39:34,134
I often think that maybe
I could've helped the police
1538
01:39:34,218 --> 01:39:36,345
catch the perpetrators sooner.
1539
01:39:37,262 --> 01:39:40,391
If only I could go back in time,
I'd start working on it in February.
1540
01:39:41,392 --> 01:39:43,060
So I could stop them sooner.
1541
01:39:43,143 --> 01:39:44,395
DAN
TEAM FLAME
1542
01:39:44,478 --> 01:39:46,522
Assuming I could go back in time that is.
1543
01:39:47,856 --> 01:39:50,484
I mean, if only that were possible,
1544
01:39:51,485 --> 01:39:55,989
I'd go back to the moment
when Godgod and Cho Ju-bin were born
1545
01:39:56,073 --> 01:39:59,576
and help them grow into better people.
1546
01:40:09,586 --> 01:40:12,631
[Bul] Had I known about it sooner,
I would've investigated more thoroughly.
1547
01:40:12,715 --> 01:40:13,757
BUL, OUTREACHER
TEAM FLAME
1548
01:40:13,841 --> 01:40:16,343
To be honest,
I have a lot of regrets about that.
1549
01:40:17,010 --> 01:40:19,096
The Nth Rooms were like the gates of hell.
1550
01:40:20,139 --> 01:40:23,851
It had always existed,
but we had been ignoring it all this time.
1551
01:40:24,560 --> 01:40:29,815
But since that gate is now open,
society at large has to face this issue.
1552
01:40:31,316 --> 01:40:33,402
Things are changing for the better…
1553
01:40:38,365 --> 01:40:40,492
but I don't think we've changed enough.
1554
01:40:52,004 --> 01:40:54,381
THE SUPREME COURT
SENTENCED BAKSA, CHO JU-BIN
1555
01:40:54,465 --> 01:40:56,467
TO 42 YEARS IN PRISON IN OCTOBER 2021
1556
01:40:56,550 --> 01:40:59,803
HE COERCED 25 VICTIMS INTO FILMING
SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE CONTENT
1557
01:40:59,887 --> 01:41:01,054
BETWEEN 2019 TO 2020
1558
01:41:03,974 --> 01:41:06,351
THE SUPREME COURT SENTENCED
GODGOD, MOON HYEONG-WOOK,
1559
01:41:06,435 --> 01:41:08,187
TO 34 YEARS IN PRISON IN NOVEMBER 2021
1560
01:41:08,270 --> 01:41:11,774
HE COERCED APPROXIMATELY 20 VICTIMS
INTO FILMING SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE CONTENT
1561
01:41:11,857 --> 01:41:12,775
BETWEEN 2017 TO 2020
1562
01:41:15,611 --> 01:41:18,405
A TOTAL OF 3,757 PEOPLE LINKED
TO THE NTH ROOM CRIMES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
1563
01:41:18,489 --> 01:41:20,699
AND 245 OF THEM HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED
(AS OF DECEMBER 2020)
1564
01:41:24,828 --> 01:41:28,582
CASES SIMILAR TO THE NTH ROOMS
ARE STILL GLOBALLY RAMPANT
1565
01:41:32,085 --> 01:41:35,422
THE VIDEOS CREATED IN THE NTH ROOMS
ARE STILL BEING SOLD WORLDWIDE
1566
01:41:35,506 --> 01:41:38,258
VIA FOREIGN MESSAGING PLATFORMS
AND THE DARK WEB
1567
01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,305
IF YOU OR AN ACQUAINTANCE HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT,
1568
01:41:43,388 --> 01:41:45,849
INFORMATION AND SUPPORT CAN BE FOUND
ON WWW.WANNATALKABOUTIT.COM
1569
01:41:46,975 --> 01:41:49,311
It is really not the victim's fault.
1570
01:41:49,394 --> 01:41:50,979
That is not true at all.
1571
01:41:52,147 --> 01:41:53,941
It is systematically rigged
1572
01:41:54,024 --> 01:41:56,527
so that anyone would fall victim
to such acts
1573
01:41:56,610 --> 01:41:59,154
when they're put in the same situation.
1574
01:41:59,238 --> 01:42:04,201
Instead of asking, "Why did you do that?
Why did you put yourself in such danger?"
1575
01:42:04,284 --> 01:42:06,954
We should realize that can happen
to any of us.
1576
01:42:07,037 --> 01:42:09,915
There are many cases
where people become victims
1577
01:42:09,998 --> 01:42:13,293
just by being in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
1578
01:42:13,377 --> 01:42:16,046
How did the victims
come to be blackmailed?
1579
01:42:16,129 --> 01:42:18,090
The victims know very well
1580
01:42:18,173 --> 01:42:22,803
that they will be the ones who are blamed
when such videos are distributed.
1581
01:42:22,886 --> 01:42:27,432
They become susceptible to blackmail
because of such fears.
1582
01:42:27,516 --> 01:42:32,271
So, the way we view the victims
is also what reinforces such acts.
1583
01:42:35,274 --> 01:42:37,025
The videos wouldn't be made
and distributed
1584
01:42:37,109 --> 01:42:39,278
if there wasn't anyone to watch them.
1585
01:42:39,361 --> 01:42:41,947
If nobody made or distributed such videos,
1586
01:42:42,030 --> 01:42:44,241
then no one could watch them.
1587
01:42:44,324 --> 01:42:47,828
The act of consumption and production
are closely related to one another.
1588
01:42:53,458 --> 01:42:56,920
Either one of these two steps
must be removed to prevent the other.
1589
01:42:57,004 --> 01:42:59,214
This is why we consider digital sex crimes
1590
01:42:59,298 --> 01:43:02,509
to be collaborative criminal acts
that occur within a group.
1591
01:43:04,845 --> 01:43:08,473
It could happen to me,
and it can definitely happen to you, too.
1592
01:43:10,434 --> 01:43:11,894
We need to work together,
1593
01:43:11,977 --> 01:43:15,147
so that cases like the Nth Rooms
and the Baksa rooms
1594
01:43:15,230 --> 01:43:18,108
don't repeat themselves ever again.
1595
01:43:27,534 --> 01:43:29,536
[closing theme music]