Jail term for South Korea sex abuse ring boss upped to 47 years


Cho Ju-bin ran a group that blackmailed women and girls, including minors, into filming and sending sexual content. - AFP

SEOUL: South Korea's top court ordered on Thursday (Dec 11) 47 years in prison for the mastermind of a vicious online sex abuse ring, extending his original sentence by half a decade.

Cho Ju-bin ran a group that blackmailed women and girls, including minors, into filming and sending sexual content from May 2019 to February 2020.

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