According to the prosecution’s non-indictment decision and the police’s non-transfer decision confirmed by News 1, the investigative and prosecution authorities judged that it was difficult to conclude that the contents of the Jirashi spread at the time were completely false.
The investigative authorities said, “Regarding the ‘borrowings of 39 trillion won’ (in the Jirashi content), according to the statement of the complainant company (Lotte Holdings), it is true that there is some amount of borrowings, even if the actual borrowings are not up to 39 trillion wons.”
In addition, it was stated, “Regarding the statement ‘Hotel Lotte (borrowings) KRW 29.9 trillion,’ it was confirmed that the size of the borrowings was approximately KRW 21.5 trillion. This is not a false statement, but rather a slight difference in facts.”
Regarding the content of ‘Lotte On’s deficit in the trillions of won’, he also said, “”Lotte On’s deficit was 500 billion won. It was true that there was a deficit, and it is difficult to accurately determine whether it was just a slight difference in amount.”
Accordingly, the authorities judged that it would be difficult to recognize the intention of defamation and obstruction of business through the act of distributing the Jirashi poem alone against the author of the Jirashi poem, which could not be identified through the investigation, and Mr. A, who was suspected of distributing the Jirashi poem.
Prosecutor’s Official: Lotte, it’s true that you guys are in a messed up situation.