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A post threatening to kill professional gamer Faker (real name Lee Sang-hyuk) has surfaced online, prompting police to launch an investigation.
On Nov. 11, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it transferred the case to the Daejeon West Police Station after confirming that a post was posted on the online community DishInside at 10 p.m. the previous day, threatening to go to the accommodation of Faker's team, T1, and harm him with a weapon.
Police plan to identify the author by tracing his internet address (IP) and arrest him as soon as his identity is confirmed.
Earlier, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office had detained 11 people nationwide as of today for threatening unspecified people by posting "murder warnings" online.
The arrests follow a spate of posts threatening to commit similar crimes on social networking services (SNS) following the "Shinlim Station stabbing rampage" in Seoul on March 21. Prosecutors and police tracked down and arrested the suspects and are seeking arrest warrants based on the gravity of the crime, their escape, and the possibility of destroying evidence.
Following the detention of a 20-year-old who threatened to kill 20 women at Sillim Station on March 27, one person was detained on the sixth and two a day from the seventh to the ninth. On the 10th, four people were detained at Cheongnyangni Station, Chuncheon, Seoul Forest Station, and Yongsan Station for threatening to go on a rampage with weapons.
The Ministry of Justice said, "We have accepted the recommendation from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to revise the law on public intimidation and will establish criminal penalties for public intimidation acts such as writing murder notices in laws such as the Information and Communication Network Act."
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