"Gay men are seen as dangerous and treated as potential criminals, as the ongoing army investigation shows," Han Ga-ram, a human rights lawyer who is gay, told the AP, adding that the investigation had "touched off fear in the LGBT community." "Military investigators used the information they gained from the investigation on the sex video to track down other gay soldiers in the army, starting by forcing the suspects to identify who they had sex with and then widening their search from there," said Lim. "Hate crimes against LGBT people are already a serious problem, and the government could make it worse by sending the wrong message by punishing gay men in the military," he said. South Korea's military has refused to disclose the number of prosecutions for homosexual activity it pursues, but Lim estimates that the army has investigated more than 30 soldiers this year alone. "The soldiers who are being investigated had sex with their partners under mutual consent and not inside the barracks. Speaking to the AP, a military spokesperson said: "The army will continue to deal with activities that disrupt the discipline of troops based on related laws.Ben McCormack was sensationally charged with using a carriage service for child pornography material on Thursday The army has infringed on the realms of privacy and is falsely claiming that these soldiers committed wrongdoings," he said.
One of the film's crew told Daily Mail Australia that the film was 'highly successful' and was shown at film festivals around the world. 'It was confronting but it wasn't strange because I knew that Ben was gay,' the source said. The source, who said they have not spoken to McCormack for 15 years, said none of the actors or crew were paid for working on the film.
Speaking of the accusations made against the Channel Nine veteran reporter, they added: 'The whole thing has shocked me. One of McCormack's colleagues said staff were left shocked when he was charged on Thursday. 'His arrest came as a real shock because we thought there were no surprises about Ben - he was open about being gay even though Nine is not exactly the most gay-friendly place to work.