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YouTuber in Spain found guilty of humiliating beggar
Police added Ren targeted other vulnerable people in other videos on his channel, where he earned money through advertising. — Reuters
MADRID: An influencer in Spain was sentenced to 15 months in jail and €20,000 (RM93,501) for posting a youtube video in which he offered a homeless man biscuits stuffed with toothpaste, a court said May 31.
Kan-Hua Ren, known as ReSet, was found guilty of an offence against moral integrity in his video published in January 2017 on his channel and since removed, the Barcelona court said.
He was sentenced to 15 months in jail, which he won't likely have to serve. Sentences of up to two years are generally not implemented in Spain for first-time offenders in non-violent crimes.
Ren was also ordered to pay €20,000 (RM93,501) in compensation to the victim and his channels will be closed down for five years.
Then he gave them to a Romanian beggar along with a 20-euro bill.
"Maybe I went a little far, but let's look at the positive side, it will help him clean his teeth, I don't think he has often brushed his teeth since he became poor," Ren told his followers, according to a court document.
The homeless man threw up, wrote the judge in her verdict dated May 29.
The video sparked an outcry, so Ren posted a new one in which he went back to see the man and gave him another €20 (RM93).
"If I had done this with a normal person, no-one would have said a thing, but as he is a beggar people are complaining," he said in a message accompanying the video, according to the court document.
Among the 200 most influential Spanish-speaking personalities on YouTube at the time, police said he then tried to stop the victim making a complaint in exchange for €300 (RM1,402) and yet another video in which he would spend the night with him.
Police added he targeted other vulnerable people in other videos on his channel, where he earned money through advertising.
"I do things for showmanship, people like anything morbid," he told the court.
On May 31, Ren's two YouTube channels, which respectively have more than 1.2 million and 250,000 followers, were still online. – AFP
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tec...ty-of-humiliating-beggar/#3jGsIIJZP64q61J8.99
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Police added Ren targeted other vulnerable people in other videos on his channel, where he earned money through advertising. — Reuters
MADRID: An influencer in Spain was sentenced to 15 months in jail and €20,000 (RM93,501) for posting a youtube video in which he offered a homeless man biscuits stuffed with toothpaste, a court said May 31.
Kan-Hua Ren, known as ReSet, was found guilty of an offence against moral integrity in his video published in January 2017 on his channel and since removed, the Barcelona court said.
He was sentenced to 15 months in jail, which he won't likely have to serve. Sentences of up to two years are generally not implemented in Spain for first-time offenders in non-violent crimes.
Ren was also ordered to pay €20,000 (RM93,501) in compensation to the victim and his channels will be closed down for five years.
Then he gave them to a Romanian beggar along with a 20-euro bill.
"Maybe I went a little far, but let's look at the positive side, it will help him clean his teeth, I don't think he has often brushed his teeth since he became poor," Ren told his followers, according to a court document.
The homeless man threw up, wrote the judge in her verdict dated May 29.
The video sparked an outcry, so Ren posted a new one in which he went back to see the man and gave him another €20 (RM93).
"If I had done this with a normal person, no-one would have said a thing, but as he is a beggar people are complaining," he said in a message accompanying the video, according to the court document.
Among the 200 most influential Spanish-speaking personalities on YouTube at the time, police said he then tried to stop the victim making a complaint in exchange for €300 (RM1,402) and yet another video in which he would spend the night with him.
Police added he targeted other vulnerable people in other videos on his channel, where he earned money through advertising.
"I do things for showmanship, people like anything morbid," he told the court.
On May 31, Ren's two YouTube channels, which respectively have more than 1.2 million and 250,000 followers, were still online. – AFP
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tec...ty-of-humiliating-beggar/#3jGsIIJZP64q61J8.99
