“I am a sinner of joke posts” Subway station public apology passed

“I am a prankster. I am sorry.”

This is what was written on the sign that Mr. A, a man in his 30s, was holding at a subway station.

Why did Mr. A issue a public apology?

While playing an online game in August last year, he posted in the chat window, “I’m going to get stabbed at Gangnam Station in two days.”

At that time, a series of stabbing incidents occurred near Sillim Station in Seoul and Seohyeon Station in Gyeonggi Province, and citizens’ anxiety was at its peak.

An online game user who saw the murder notice immediately reported it to the police, and Mr. A was eventually caught by the police and put on trial.

Mr. A then went out to the subway station and his workplace holding a sign saying ‘I am a sinner, I am sorry’, saying he would express his apology.

The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced Mr. A to 8 months in prison and 2 years of probation, saying that he took into account Mr. A’s remorse for his mistakes.

The court said, “Even though the events that shocked and scared citizens at the time of the crime were being reported in the media, the defendant’s actions in posting a reminiscence without any sense of guilt were extremely criminal,” adding, “It resulted in a huge waste of police power and harmed many citizens.” “It seems to have caused anxiety and inconvenience,” he criticized.

However, it was added that it takes into account the fact that Mr. A showed remorse for the crime by standing with a hand sign at the subway station and that he had no intention of planning or carrying out the actual crime.