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Deaths of athlete, streamer ignite calls for harsher punishments for internet trolling

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Cyberbullying has yet again cut the lives of an athlete and a Twitch streamer short last week.

Kim In-hyeok, 28, a professional volleyball player of the Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs, was found dead at his home in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Friday.

Cho Jang-mi, 27, also known as BJ Jammi, a Twitch streamer at CJ's creator management agency Dia TV, was also found dead recently.