Wife of 'Combat Rabbit' YouTuber arrested for aiding doxxing in Miryang case

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Wife of 'Combat Rabbit' YouTuber arrested for aiding doxxing in Miryang case

Published: 14 Aug. 2024, 12:05 Updated: 14 Aug. 2024, 17:13

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The wife of a YouTuber who doxxed the alleged perpetrators of the 2004 Miryang gang rape case has been arrested for illegally providing their profiles to her husband, police said Wednesday.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency arrested a civil servant in her 30s, who works for a local government in North Chungcheong, for illegally accessing and sharing personal information in violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.

She allegedly accessed the resident registration numbers and addresses of about 60 individuals, including the alleged perpetrators of the Miryang case, without consent and provided this information to her husband, a YouTuber known as “Combat Rabbit.”

Combat Rabbit then shared parts of this information on his YouTube channel between June and July.

The Miryang case involved at least 44 high school students who repeatedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old middle school girl, identified by her surname Choi, over the course of a year in Miryang, South Gyeongsang, in 2004. The victim's sister and cousin were also assaulted.

Police said that the civil servant provided personal profiles despite knowing her husband’s intention to publicly release this sensitive information.

Her actions were uncovered during the investigation of Combat Rabbit.

On Aug. 8, Combat Rabbit was arrested for revealing the identities of the alleged perpetrators involved in the Miryang case on YouTube and for threatening them to either send apology videos or have their families' personal information exposed.

His arrest followed 18 petitions and lawsuits filed against him since June 5.

Combat Rabbit's YouTube channel was launched in February, but he only began to post content in March. The couple reportedly started their YouTube venture to profit from videos that exposed the identities of perpetrators, inspired by the notable cyber wrecker Narak Bogwanso, who gained significant views for revealing the identities of some of the perpetrators involved in the 2004 Miryang case.

All videos related to the Miryang case posted by the two YouTubers are now set to private or have been removed.

BY WOO JI-WON [woo.jiwon@joongang.co.kr]