Yeonwoo reacted to the backlash she received after posting national petitions against the perpetrators of the "Nth Room" case.
The former member of Momoland posted screenshots of the state petitions on Instagram on March 28. One petition demanded the expulsion of Judge Oh from the "Nth Room" proceedings, while another sought an investigation into the offenders who doxxed the victims by posting their online confidential personal details.
A social media user mocked the post of Yeonwoo, arguing, "Do you post these kinds of petitions understanding what the federal system is," alluding to the fact that the administration of South Korea is split into divisions with distinct, autonomous powers.
Yeonwoo then responded to the criticism of her perceived lack of awareness, saying, "Just as much as I want practical improvement, I have demanded involvement in public sentiment and because I want the people I love to come from the same heart. If you suggest this only because of who I am and because of how old I am, I have the freedom to use my intuition and to decide what is right and wrong because I am a person. I'm going to share my belief so don't worry. Do you think I didn't look at this before I did any of that? If you care about this stuff then let's set forth a civil case."
As previously reported, Cho Joo Bin, 25, who used the alias "Baksa," revealed his name as the key perpetrator engaged in the disturbing child prostitution controversy. Through the "Nth Room" on Telegram, offenders managed to open chat rooms with some 260,000 users to start sharing explicit sexual photographs and videos of women victims including juveniles. It's claimed extortion has been used to coerce victims into acts of violence like sexual misconduct, and users have been sold videos of the acts. Joo Bin is also alleged to have sent menacing messages to reporters and attempted to kill a child.
THREATENING MESSAGES TO SBS REPORTERS.
Reports indicate that the 25-year-old suspect sent several seriously creepy text messages from television stations to the newscasters who were investigating him for a report.
On the 17th of January, the "Curious Stories" of SBS had shown messages from Joo Bin (Baksa) to media staff members through Telegram. He is said to have sent out a note, "When anything relevant to Baksa appears on-air on SBS, a woman will either leap to death or put herself on fire and suffer. No matter what the method of the incident is, I've told you of it and recorded it as a piece of evidence."
When Joo Bin was questioned by the staff if he had no remorse, he said: "I'm never a psychopath and I'm innocent, but let me ask you one thing. How much would you take to shoot a human, PD-nim?"
He proceeded, stating, "I'd shoot confidently if there were other profits to make."
