Tablo ㅡ victim of cyber witch-hunt

By Park Si-soo

For rapper Tablo, the leader of hip hop group Epik High, the year 2010 may mark the most grueling chapter of his life — he had been stigmatized as a diploma forger for most of the year before finally being cleared of the allegations.

Police confirmed in October that the 30-year-old musician, whose Korean name is Lee Seon-woong, earned a bachelor’s degree in March 2001 and a master’s degree in June 2002, both in English literature at Stanford University.

This put an end to a lengthy investigation that was launched in August after Lee filed a libel suit against 22 bloggers who had claimed he falsely promoted himself as a graduate of the prestigious university in the U.S. At the same time, it has thrown a