A top confidant of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was jailed for two years on Wednesday under a computer crime law for posting fake “likes” on online posts favorable to Moon during his election campaign.
SEOUL (Reuters) – A top confidant of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was jailed for two years on Wednesday under a computer crime law for posting fake “likes” on online posts favorable to Moon during his election campaign.
The sentence for Kim Kyung-soo, touted by some as a possible future presidential candidate, deals another blow to Moon, who faces plunging ratings, economic woes and accusations of corruption against some aides and political allies.
The prosecution said Kim, with the help of a political blogger, used automatic clicking software to boost “likes” on various postings and thereby interfere in the 2017 presidential election, which Moon won.
