A streamer has received six months of hard labor in a South Korea prison after making lewd sexual gestures toward a monument to commemorate women who were made into sex slaves by the occupying Japanese forces during World War II.
25-year-old Johnny Somali — whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael — was barred from leaving the country after the incident, which occurred in 2024.
NBC Newsreported that Ismael was in Seoul when he posted a video of himself dancing, kissing, and making obscene gestures toward the statue.
Japan’s actions during the war are still an open wound as South Korea continues to demand an apology for the actions. Some of the victims are still alive.
Ismael claimed he did not know the significance of the monument, but this was only one disruption during his trip.
The streamer also made a “commotion” at a convenience store, and made inflammatory statements such as “Japan should reoccupy Korea” while holding a Japanese rising sun flag, taken as a symbol of imperialism in South Korea.
His charges include obstruction of business and distributing fabricated sexually explicit content, per theAssociated Press. The latter charge is related to distributing non-consensual deepfake videos.
Needless to say, Ismael’s brand is being an idiotic troll and a complete nuisance to society.
In South Korea, he will now find himself in a prison cell; prosecutors had initially asked for three years, but reduced his time because of the “absence of severe harm to victims.”
If he did this in the United States, nothing would have happened.
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