More Found on Deleted Phone... Nude Photos and Sexual Chats

[Anchor]

Additional circumstantial evidence of crimes has been uncovered regarding Choi Young-joong, a former Cheongju City councilor who was arrested on charges of purchasing sex from a minor. Police discovered records showing that Choi exchanged sexual messages with two additional victims, including a female who appears to be a minor, on his mobile phone.

CJB reporter Kim Min-young has the details.

[Reporter]

Additional victims have emerged in the case of former Cheongju City councilor Choi Young-joong, who was arrested for child sex buying.

Choi initially submitted his mobile phone, suspected to have been used during the crime, to a private digital forensics firm to delete conversation records with the victim before handing it over to the police.

However, during the police investigation, messenger conversations with another woman, identified as A, that Choi failed to delete were captured.

Choi reportedly received nude photos and pictures of A, presumed to be a minor, dressed in a school uniform, and also sent photos of himself.

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

Police are verifying whether B is a minor and investigating whether Choi committed additional crimes.

As the fact that Choi exchanged sexual photos with other women has been confirmed, legal grounds have been secured to apply charges of producing sexual exploitation materials against Choi.

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

Police plan to prove Choi's additional charges and forward the case to the prosecution within this week.

(Video by Park Hee-sung, CJB)

Kim Min-young, CJB
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