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In an article that group Seventeen member Min-gyu claimed to be a perpetrator of school violence, the agency said, “This is not true at all.”
On the 28th, Minkyu’s agency Pledis Entertainment said in an official statement, “If I first explain what has been confirmed so far, there is a content that the artist has harassed students with disabilities, but this is not true at all.”
“We apologize for not letting us know our position sooner,” Pledis said. “Since these claims were published, we have carried out a verification process for the artist himself and necessary additional verification.” .
Pledis said, “Amidst a number of social issues related to school violence, we believe that clear confirmation of this issue should be prioritized, and we are in the process of confirming all issues.” We apologize for the delay in revealing the information.”
He added, “We have been in contact with the person involved in the case in various ways to confirm the facts, and we are still in contact.” He added, “We confirmed the situation at that time from various people around us, including an alumni of the artist.”
Pledis said, “The artist himself clearly remembers the person who was identified as the victim, so after questioning, I was able to contact the mother of the person concerned.” Said.
“The current person is doing well in social life, and he is burdened with the fact that things in the past were known in an unwanted way without his consent,” he explained. “Even so, he confirmed the facts for the artist.”
Pledis said, “We are actively checking the rest of the issues.” However, it is difficult to specify who posted these issues online, and when viewing the contents of some posts, the publisher expressed the position that they did not want to contact you. He said, “It is a situation that requires not only difficulty in contacting but also carefulness.”
He said, “We respect the position that the person who posted the article said he does not want to face-to-face, and at the same time reveal that if he wishes, we will meet in any way he wants to check the facts and take action accordingly.”
Pledis said, “Because the content that is currently in trouble is what happened in the artist’s elementary and junior high school in the past, it is necessary to approach and judge what actually happened by checking the facts.” After expressing a sincere apology for causing discomfort to the fans just by the occurrence of the issue, the current schedule activities are temporarily suspended and all measures to confirm the facts are left to the company.”
Finally, Pledis said, “Of course, we promise that if an obvious mistake is found after checking the facts, we will clarify the action accordingly.” “Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by matters related to our artists. I will tell you,” he said.
Meanwhile, while claims that popular idol singers were school violence perpetrators have recently come up in the online community, Min-gyu was also overwhelmed by suspicion that he committed violence against his classmates in middle school and harassing a friend with a disability.
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