Madam, an entertainment establishment, “mediated prostitution at the request of Yoo In-seok, not victory”[MK현장 종합]

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Big Bang’s former member Seung-ri (real name Seung-Hyun Lee, 31) is in the mood to avoid the suspicion of arranging prostitution in the testimony of witnesses. However, after an argument for drinking six years ago, the charges increased to nine in total as they were charged with calling a person and teaching special violence.

On the 14th, the 7th trial of the Victory Military Trial was held at the General Military Court of the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. On this day, the trial was held for 9 hours after three adjournments with two witnesses who were involved in prostitution mediation and prostitution allegations that Seungri is receiving.

Prior to the start of the full-scale trial, the court announced the fact of the additional prosecution of Seungri’s special assault teacher. According to the military prosecution, Seungri had a dispute with a customer who opened his room while drinking alcohol in the inner room with his acquaintances in a carriage in Gangnam, Seoul on December 30, 2015. As soon as they got stuck, they reported this to the group chat room that included Fury and Yoo In-seok. Afterwards, it was revealed that Yoo In-seok called a member of a gang member of the gang he had known and called the victims to the back alleys of a bar, swearing, pulling his arm to steal a mobile phone, or threatening.

The military prosecutor said, “The defendant, Lee Seung-hyun, conspired with Yoo In-seok to show off his power and threaten the victims.”

The defender of Seungri responded briefly, saying, “I deny the facts of the charges,” and “I will submit an opinion for details.” When remarks about the additional prosecution came and went, Seungri drew attention with a rather dark look.

After that, a full-fledged witness newspaper was opened. Witnesses A and B who attended on this day used their professional characteristics to recruit women in prostitution, and a foreign businessman, an acquaintance of Seungri Yoo In-seok, was charged with mediating prostitution when he visited Korea in 2015-2016. Persons sentenced to two years of probation by the trial in June respectively. The mediation was conducted by Seungri and Yoo In-seok’s long-time acquaintance, Madam A, an entertainment business, who asked Mr. B to find a woman, and Mr. B provided the women.

In response, the two said that it was at the request of Yoo In-seok, and that Seungri was not directly involved. Mr. A said, “Because Yoo In-seok’s request, I did not refuse, but cooperated.”

When a group of Japanese businessmen visited Korea in 2015 during the Christmas season, they sent dozens of women to mediate prostitution, according to Yoo In-seok’s instructions, not Seungri, saying, “I received an offer from Yoo In-seok a few days before the party.” I repeatedly emphasized the work.

In particular, Mr. A insisted, “You may not have known that Seungri was a prostitute woman,” in connection with the large number of women in prostitution accompanied by a restaurant in Gangnam. Mr. A said, “Because I often hang out with my younger brothers and acquaintances who are not women in prostitution,” he said. “I have never had such a conversation with Seungri.”

In addition, regarding the money sent to Mr. B, regarding the mention of Seungri’s name on his account, “I often did not receive money from Yoo In-seok immediately and sent it with my money first,” he said. “At Yoo In-seok’s request, Yoo In-seok It’s the money I’ll get from him, but I wrote it down in my own memo to make it easy to remember because I dealt with the acquaintances of Seungri.”

Mr. A also made a statement in support of Seungri, who denies the allegations of prostitution, saying that it was also at the request of Yoo In-seok to send a prostitute to Seungri’s home. Mr. A said, “Yoo In-seok liked to show off his abilities to his younger siblings. Because he didn’t want to reveal that he was sending (prostitute woman), and I wanted to maintain credit with In-seok Yoo, (to Seungri) I didn’t tell.”

At the same time, he said, “It may not have known that the woman who came to her house was a prostitute,” and “Yoo In-seok asked,’When will the woman come,’ and I thought that there might have been a conversation between two people (Seungri Yoo In-seok). “I also gave an ambiguous answer.

Mr. A said in the newspaper report of his suspect, “Seungri and Yoo In-seok entertained a prostitute woman,” he said, “they are together, not that Seungri requested.” In addition, regarding the suspicion that Seungri is receiving mediation for prostitution, “It was all at the request of Yoo In-seok. Even if Seungri answered that he had never requested, the question continued to be’Seungri and Yoo In-seok’,” he showed positive defense of Seungri.

When a military prosecutor asked about his close relationship with Yoo In-seok and Seung-ri, Mr. A said, “I first met Seung-ri at the store, but he was a younger sister and his older sister who became more personal with the code through travel and performances. On the other hand, he had a more business relationship with In-seok Yoo. There was something I couldn’t refuse (his request).” When the military prosecutor asked if the two were the same or different, Mr. A said, “Both are friends. I can’t explain well.”

In addition, when a military judge cited Mr. A’s judgment and asked if he was aware of the business purpose of entertainment, he heard that Mr. A’s claim that he did it because he thought it would be helpful in business, he said, “I thought all foreigners were a winning network. Because of that, I thought it would be a win-win situation,” he said. “At the time, I didn’t think it was a business purpose.”

Another witness, Mr. B, said, “I haven’t heard any mention of victory,” saying that he received money from In-seok Yoo when he sent a woman in prostitution to hotels and other places. At the request of Mr. A, Mr. B admitted that he sent a prostitute woman to Seungri and Yoo In-seok’s dining room and hotel at the end of 2015, but stated that “we have not heard an explanation of who asked for or to whom he was sending.”

Mr. B said, “A close friend of a frequent guest comes from Japan, and he has a party, so some pretty younger siblings (send me).” He said, “I didn’t know who the frequent guests were.” said.

Mr. B said that the money was deposited in his account in the name of Yoo In-seok, “it was a name I didn’t know at the time, and I knew it was deposited in the name of Mr. A’s acquaintance.” He added, “All the contact was made only with Mr. A, and I urged the payment, so I came in under the name of Yoo In-seok,” he added. “I have not received it immediately from the defendant (Seungri).”

Seungri was pointed out as a key figure in the Gangnam club’Burning Sun’ incident in February 2019, and was prosecuted without custody at the beginning of last year after 17 police investigations. There were a total of eight charges that were being triumphant, including violations of the Act on Special Cases concerning Prostitution Arrangement, Prostitution, and Punishment for Sexual Violence Crimes, Frequent gambling, Foreign Exchange Transaction Law, Food Sanitation Law, business embezzlement, and embezzlement of violations of the Act on severe punishment for specific economic crimes. An assault teacher charge was added, and the charges increased to nine.

Seungri is being tried in a military court while enlisting in the military on March 9, last year, before a full-scale trial. Seungri only admitted to the violation of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act among the many charges, and has always denied the remaining charges.

Including the trial on this day, all the witnesses who attended the last trial on the allegation of mediation for prostitution are saying, “Insuk Yoo ordered it.” Military prosecutors, lawyers, and judges in turn asked similarly differentiated questions to the witnesses, but no witness statements clearly revealed the direct relevance of the victory.

As a result, Seungri seems to have troubled the allegations of prostitution, but Kim Sang-gyo (31), the first informant of the’Burning Sun’ incident on the morning of the morning including additional prosecution, said, “Let’s ask one question.

Who was the actress drunk on drugs that day, so the two police officers of Yeoksam District couldn’t even get inside the club.” He continued high-level exposure, mentioning the real name of Hyoyeon (32), who was in the club on the day of the assault incident. Public opinion is rapidly becoming cold again.

In response, Hyoyeon directly posted a post on SNS and refuted Kim’s argument, saying, “I think I have seen men and women drooling in the club to get in touch with each other. But I haven’t seen or heard an actress, a cat and a dog drooling.”

Meanwhile, Yoo In-seok, former CEO of Yuri Holdings, who was tried on the allegations related to’Burning Sun’ along with Seungri, was sentenced to three years of probation in August of one year in prison at the first trial trial held last month, but appealed.

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