SM, Catching Taeyeon's Malicious Commenters "Hundreds of Complaints Accepted... Punishment Including Fines and Suspended Prosecution"

Progress of legal action against malicious posts and comments that defame, insult, sexually harass, etc. related to Taeyeon

SM conducts its own monitoring in various communities and SNS.

He said he has collected thousands of pieces of evidence of malicious posts and comments.

"Based on this, the prosecution has continuously committed the crime of insulting the investigative authorities,

"We are preparing and receiving hundreds of lawsuits for defamation and other charges," he said.

Meanwhile, "many of these defendants have been identified and investigations are underway.

I would like to inform you that additional charges have been confirmed for two recent cases (insult, etc.)

1) Conditional suspension of prosecution upon completion of education at the ‘Probation Office’

2) The prosecution office made a final decision on the case due to the absence of a public prosecution right due to the death of the suspect.”