On October 25, a blockbuster news broke in the South Korean entertainment industry: Bigbang's captain Kwon Ji-yong was suspected of drug use and was investigated by the South Korean police. At present, the police have launched an investigation and may summon Kwon Zhilong at any time.
Quan Zhilong's brokerage company quickly responded: "We are not aware of the situation and are verifying it." ”
Kwon Ji Ryong's former agency YG responded: "Since the artist is no longer in our company, it is difficult for us to respond to this. ”
Shockingly, just one day apart, the South Korean media broke even bigger news again. According to reports, some members of BTS are also frequent visitors to drug-related establishments. Through this clue, the police found Lee Sun-kyun, Kwon Zhilong, Kim Ha-sung, Lee Jeong-hou and others.
This incident once again caused a shock in the Korean entertainment industry, and people's attention to drug-related issues has reached an unprecedented height.
However, the media has not yet revealed which members are involved in the drug. BTS is the most popular South Korean boy group after Bigbang and often represents South Korea in diplomatic activities. If this revelation is true, it will cause great damage to South Korea's national image.
Of course, the report did not directly identify the members of BTS as drug-related, only calling them regular visitors to drug-related places.
Fans panicked after the news broke, and they quickly released a statement claiming that the report was "indiscriminately false facts...".
However, the police and BTS have not yet made any comments on this, why are fans in such a hurry? Aren't they afraid that their reaction will backfire and lead to further fermentation of events?
A few days ago, it was reported that "Parasite" star Lee Sun-kyun was suspected of drug use and was investigated by the police. The news attracted great attention from the media, and eight drug-related personnel were quickly unearthed, including the third generation of chaebols and young female singers, but not all of them were named.
On October 25, South Korean television station SBS's News 8 reported that police had obtained a clue about Kwon Ji-ryang's drug use from a place where Kwon Ji-ryu, the director of the previously detained Gangnam entertainment venue, had taken drugs. A was confirmed to be an accomplice involved in drug use with Lee Sun-kyun. However, Kwon Ji-yong and Lee Sun-kyun's circumstances are considered to be two separate cases, and they may not have taken drugs together.
The reason why the police were able to find out that actor Lee Sun-kyun was suspected of drug use was because they found that there was an abnormal and large transfer record between him and A. After investigation, these transfers were confirmed to be blackmailed by Lee Sun-kyun, and he made several payments to the other party because he was afraid of being exposed.
According to reports, A who confessed to the police that Kwon Zhilong was involved in drugs was Lee Sun-kyun's 29-year-old lover. Previously, she had drugged Lee Sun-kyun's liquor and extorted him with 300 million won.
According to the report, the drug-related entertainment clubs that Kwon Ji-ryu and Lee Sun-kyun frequented spent as much as 10 million won (about 54,000 yuan) each time, which far exceeded the spending power of ordinary people. The police pried out a large number of secrets from the mouth of the clubhouse's director, A, and found that the clubhouse had illegal activities such as drug trafficking.