Evidence of Additional Crimes by Choi Young-jung Found Despite Deletion From Phone

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Circumstantial evidence has emerged showing that Choi Young-jung, a former Cheongju City council member who was arrested on charges of child prostitution, engaged in prostitution with another woman on his mobile phone. The police suspect she may also be a minor.

Reporter Kim Min-young from CJB.

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An additional victim has emerged in the case of former Cheongju City Councilman Choi Young-jung, who was arrested on charges of purchasing child sex.

Choi initially submitted his mobile phone—presumed to have been used during the crimes—to a private digital forensics company to delete chat records with the victim before turning it over to the police.

However, police investigation revealed messenger conversations with another woman, identified as A, that Choi failed to delete.

It is reported that Choi received nude photos and pictures of woman A, who is presumed to be a minor, wearing a school uniform, and also sent photos of himself.

In addition, police reportedly confirmed sexual chat contents involving another woman, B.

The police are checking whether woman B is a minor and are investigating whether Choi committed any additional crimes.

With the confirmation that Choi exchanged sexually explicit photos with another woman, a legal basis has been secured to apply charges of producing sexual exploitation materials against Choi.

Previously, the police found that Choi had sent messages telling the original victim student to take and send nude photos, but direct physical evidence could not be secured because the victim's mobile phone was broken.

The police plan to prove Choi's additional charges and send him to the prosecutors' office within this week.

(Photo courtesy of CJB / Video by Park Hee-seong)

Kim Min-young, CJB
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