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SEOUL (AFP) - – A fierce Internet campaign against a popular South Korean singer showed signs of abating Wednesday, after police rejected rumours circulating online that his US academic qualifications were fake.
 
Police confirmed last week that hip-hop singer Tablo has authentic bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University in the United States.
 
They are seeking an arrest warrant for the Korean-American accused of masterminding the cyber campaign.
 
Cyber bullying has become a problem in one of the world's most wired societies.
 
Police in 2008 announced a crackdown on malicious Internet rumourmongers, who they blamed for the suicide of local actress Choi Jin-Sil. Such rumours were also partially blamed for the suicide of actress Chung Da-Bin.
 
A government survey in 2006 showed 85 percent of high school students were under stress from cyber bullying.
 
The Tablo case began last November when bloggers cast doubt that the 30-year-old had earned his degrees in less than four years.
 
Following the police announcement, many postings expressed remorse for the cyber bullying.
 
But articles pointing out alleged loopholes in the police investigation still outnumbered the ones expressing regret, the Korea Times said Wednesday.
 
The leader of the cyber campaign was quoted Wednesday as admitting he was wrong about the degrees and would drop the campaign.
 
The 57-year-old Korean-American identified only as Kim asked Tablo to drop libel suits he had filed against 22 bloggers including himself. But he stopped short of offering any apology.
 
"If we can say this is a game to reveal the truth, I am a loser and Tablo is the winner," Kim was quoted as telling the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper in Chicago.
 
The case shows "the tyranny of the cyber mob that gets a high from spreading ungrounded rumours", sister paper the JoongAng Daily said in an editorial.
 
"The situation shows a dark shadow that arches over the Internet age."
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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