Sports Journalist Arrested for Blackmailing Companies Over Critical Articles: Shocking Details Revealed
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The Chungbuk Provincial Police’s Criminal Mobile Unit said on March 13 that it arrested a sports daily reporter identified as A (in his 50s) on extortion charges after he allegedly forced companies to pay several tens of millions of KRW (approximately $7,500–$37,500) by threatening to publish critical articles.
Police allege A extorted the money in two separate incidents last year from two aggregate companies in the Jecheon area, demanding payment in exchange for not publishing articles about illegal aggregate extraction or for deleting critical pieces that had already been published.
A police official said the investigation is ongoing and declined to provide further details, including the exact amount involved.
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