Blogger resumes bashing campaign against Tablo

A blogger, who had notoriously bashed singer Tablo, has reopened diploma forgery accusations against the hip hop musician and other celebrities, igniting a fresh round of online disputes once again.

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The 58-year-old blogger Korean-American resumed the notorious bashing campaign in October, shortly after the singer released his new album.

Better known as "whatbecomes", the blogger this time uploaded his photos for the first time and released what he claims to be new evidence to prove the singer's diploma fabrication.

The cyber bashing has resurfaced for the first time since October 2010 when the police confirmed that the 31-year-old musician earned a bachelor's degree in March 2001 and a master's degree in June 2002, both in English literature at Stanford University.

In fresh allegations, the blogger, surnamed Kim, also showed emails from a manager of yearbook production firm Stanford Quad, which he claimed is critical evidence to prove Tablo's Stanford diploma was bogus.

Upon his request, the manager looked through the school's yearbook in 2001 and 2002 as well as several years before and after, but she did not find Daniel, the English name for the singer, in them, he said.

Whatbecomes said Tablo was not his original target but only a "bait" to divulge all the Koreans with a Stanford diploma have fabricated their school records.

He said he has devoted himself to the investigation of diploma forgers.

"I felt really angry to see diploma forgers like Tablo boasting achievements and deceiving many people. I'm infuriated because there are so many people in the U.S. who work really hard to enter and graduate prestigious schools like my children".

In the meantime, a court will deliver ruling on 12 Internet users who were indicted on charges of defamation for disseminating libelous disinformation of the singer.

By Kim Tae-jong