Tatsuya Kato was found guilty of defaming Park in article based on groundless rumours.
Japanese reporter Tatsuya Kato of Sankei Shimbun newspaper arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)
Seoul: A Japanese journalist was convicted on Thursday of defaming South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye with a report on her whereabouts following a fatal ferry disaster, in a case that has strained diplomatic relations.
Tatsuya Kato was found guilty of defaming Park in an article based on "groundless rumours", Seoul's District Court said, refering to story he wrote after the Sewol passenger ferry sinking that left 300 dead last year.
( Source : AFP )
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