Leading company that acquired YTN sues propagator who spread malicious rumors = South Korea

It was revealed on the 12th that a leading company that is in the process of acquiring South Korean news channel YTN has filed a complaint with the police against the person who spread the false rumor that the company is in financial trouble.
On the same day, Ritsuyu Legal Corporation sent a letter to the Yeongdeungpo Police Station's Cybercrime Investigation Team to inform the spreader of the rumor that ``Yushin Group is suffering from financial difficulties.''
It is said that a complaint has been filed for violation of the Act on Promotion of the Use of Information and Communications Networks and Information Protection (defamation). According to the complaint, Yujin Enterprises, the holding company of the Yujin Group,
In response to malicious rumors spread in magazines and other media about the country being suffering from financial difficulties, they called for the spreader to be punished for defamation. A Yujin Group official said, ``There may be some kind of force behind this.''
"This is highly suspicious," he said, adding that he had asked the police to investigate. In October last year, Yushin Group offered 319.9 billion won (approximately 35.4 billion yen) in a bid to sell YTN's shares and was selected as the successful bidder. death
However, because the company had offered a higher acquisition price than its competitors, rumors spread that it was having trouble raising funds. Yushin Group emphasized that ``we have already secured the acquisition funds, so there is no problem.''
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