Johnny Somali shows the Japanese Rising Solar flag. Captured from social media
Johnny Somali, the U.S. YouTuber indicted for mocking Korea’s “Statue of Peace, a statue symbolizing victims of sexual slavery throughout Japanese colonial rule, and fascinating in different offensive acts, has once more drawn criticism for his disruptive conduct throughout trial proceedings.
Somali, who’s standing trial on expenses together with obstruction of enterprise, appeared an hour late to his listening to on the Seoul Western District Court docket on March 7. He responded to questions together with his arms in his pockets and maintained an uncooperative angle all through the session, Yonhap reported.
Web optimization Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Girls’s College, referred to as for a powerful sentence to set an instance, Yonhap Information Company reported Monday.
“Even after the primary listening to, he continues to point out no regret, making outrageous remarks like ‘Korea is a U.S. vassal state’ to the press,” Web optimization wrote on social media on Mar. 10. “We should ship a transparent message via sturdy punishment.”
Web optimization criticized his courtroom demeanor, noting that Somali tried to enter the courtroom sporting a crimson “Make America Nice Once more” hat, however was stopped resulting from courtroom rules.
“He even made mocking gestures like protruding his tongue at somebody seated within the courtroom gallery,” Web optimization added.
The professor additional condemned Somali’s previous actions, together with kissing the consolation girl statue, displaying the Rising Solar flag and shouting, “It’s not Dokdo, it’s Takeshima,” in reference to the disputed islets. “These are clear insults to Korean historical past,” Web optimization mentioned. “I hope this case leads to an acceptable ruling in order that such incidents by no means occur once more in Korea.”
This text is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Instances.
