South Korean Net users Brought Back a Questionable Murder Case to Police

Posted 14 January 2011 6:52 GMT

Countries	South Korea
Topics	Governance, Human Rights, Law, Protest, Technology, Youth, Digital Activism
Languages	Korean, English

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· Usuarios de internet en Corea del Sur llevan de nuevo a la policía el caso de un dudoso asesinato

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A posting by the mother of the victim[ko] has mobilized net users to file an online petition and drawn media attention to a questionable murder case. The mother claimed her daughter was beaten to death while resisting being raped. The police has decided to reinvestigate the case.

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