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The Military Manpower Administration has given an update regarding Seungri’s military enlistment.
On May 16, a source from the Military Manpower Administration stated, “Seungri is not required to enlist before June 25. His enlistment is postponed until June 25, and the Military Manpower Administration will send Seungri another draft notice once that date passes.”
The source continued, “Requesting a postponement is entirely up to the individual. When Seungri receives his new draft notice, he must decide whether or not he wants to postpone again.”
Seungri is currently under suspicions of mediating prostitution, embezzling, receiving prostitution services, and violating The Food Sanitation Act. The source from the Military Manpower Administration said, “It is hard to make a connection between the possibility of Seungri being forwarded to prosecution and his enlistment. Unless it’s a situation where the law prohibits [his enlistment], such as him being detained and unable to enlist, it will not affect his enlistment in any way.”
Seungri and Yoo In Suk attended questioning to determine the validity of requests by the police for their detention warrants on May 14. Judge Shin Jong Yeol of the Seoul Central District Court ultimately dismissed the requests and explained, “There is room for dispute in regards to the main suspicion, which is embezzlement. It is also difficult to recognize a reason for detention, such as potential destruction of evidence, in regards to the remaining suspicions.”
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On May 15, a source from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency revealed that the police will forward Senior Superintendent Yoon to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment for abusing his power to obstruct another from exercising one’s right.
More specifically, Senior Superintendent Yoon is charged on suspicions of having revealed confidential police information to Yoo In Suk regarding the club Monkey Museum, which was established in 2016 by Seungri and Yoo In Suk, after receiving a tip about criminal activity of the club.
The police will also forward Senior Inspector “A” of the Gangnam Police Station’s Financial Crime Team as an accomplice for relaying confidential information to Senior Superintendent Yoon, as well as Senior Inspector “B,” the head officer in charge of the case at the time, for violating the confidentiality agreement as a police officer by revealing official information.
However, the police revealed that it is difficult to recognize a reason for charging Senior Superintendent Yoon of violating the Enforcement Decree of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
Last month, Senior Superintendent Yoon was booked for violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, which is an anti-corruption law that prohibits individuals from giving and receiving bribes.
At the time, the police confirmed that Senior Superintendent Yoon did not pay for his portion of the expenses from a meal and golf game with Seungri and Yoo In Suk, and he was also accused of receiving concert tickets from Seungri. The total amount of money used to bribe Senior Superintendent Yoon by Seungri and Yoo In Suk reportedly totals up to 2.68 million won (approximately $2,250).
In order to be charged with the violation of the act, one has to accept bribes over 1 million won (approximately $839) each instance or 3 million won (approximately $2,518) a year.
As a result, the police will forward Senior Superintendent Yoon to the prosecution with a recommendation for non-indictment regarding suspicions of receiving bribes. However, in accordance to the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, the police decided that Senior Superintendent Yoon should still pay a fine.
Therefore, the police will alert the Inspection Department to determine the proper disciplinary action for Senior Superintendent Yoon within the force. The police will conclude the investigation on his alleged acceptance of bribes for the time being, but they will reinvestigate if further evidence is revealed in the future.
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[Photos] Seungri leaving the police station detention center after the Court's decision to DISMISS the arrest warrant. Seungri is going home.
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[Article] Court Dismisses Pretrial Detention Warrant Requests For Seungri And Yoo In Suk
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[Article] (LEAD) Court denies arrest warrant for Seungri on embezzlement, pimping charges
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More on Seungri's Arrival for the Hearing in the morning can be found here:
[Photos | Videos] 2019-05-14 Seungri arrival at Court Hearing for Pre-Trial Detention Warrant
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SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) — A local court refused Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant against former BIGBANG member Seungri, who faces embezzlement and pimping charges, in connection with a police probe into a sex and drug scandal surrounding a nightclub in southern Seoul.
The Seoul Central District Court said there is “room for dispute” over his alleged embezzlement and there is little concern that he could destroy evidence.
The 28-year-old singer is alleged to have arranged sex services for Japanese investors in 2015, together with his business partner Yoo In-suk, a former head of Yuri Holdings Co. He is also suspected of paying for prostitution services in 2015.
They face allegations of embezzling about 530 million won (US$445,700) in total from Burning Sun, a club in southern Seoul for which the singer once worked, in 2016.
The court also rejected the arrest warrant against Yoo.
Earlier in the day, a local court held hearings for them over the allegations. Seungri has denied the allegations.
Former BIGBANG member Seungri appears at the Seoul Central District Court on May 14, 2019, to attend a hearing to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for him on charges of arranging sex services for investors and embezzling money at a nightclub embroiled in drug and sex scandals. (Yonhap)
Burning Sun stands at the center of the sex and drug scandals involving Seungri and other K-pop stars. The club closed down in February after it came under investigation over drug use, sexual violence and corrupt ties with district police.
The scandal started last November after the club’s security staff beat up a customer who claimed he tried to protect a woman who was manhandled by a club employee. He was beaten by the club’s officials and police officers as an attacker.
The case has brought to the fore several crimes including drug trafficking and sexual assaults that were allegedly committed at the club.
Seungri had served as an inside board director of the club and actively promoted it on TV and online.
Initially, he said he did not directly engage in the club’s management, but later he announced his retirement from the K-pop industry in a gesture of taking responsibility for the suspicions.
Seungri is also one of the entertainers who allegedly shared sex videos of about 10 women secretly filmed by now-jailed singer Jung Joon-young in a mobile chat room.
The latest scandals involving K-pop stars have sent shockwaves across the country. In March, President Moon Jae-in ordered a thorough investigation into a snowballing drug and sex scandal involving K-pop stars and other cases in which the truth has not been fully uncovered.
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The court has dismissed requests for pretrial detention warrants for Seungri and former CEO of Yuri Holdings Yoo In Suk. Yoo In Suk worked with Seungri on several businesses including the club Burning Sun, and he is also described as an influential figure in the controversial group chatrooms.
On May 14, Seungri and Yoo In Suk attended questioning to determine the validity of requests by the police for their pretrial detention warrants. These warrants allow for a suspect to be detained for longer than 48 hours.
The suspicions listed on the requests included mediating prostitution services, embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes, and violation of the Food Sanitation Act. The warrant request for Seungri also included suspicions of purchasing prostitution services.
That evening, Judge Shin Jong Yeol of the Seoul Central District Court announced the dismissal of the requested pretrial detention warrants.
In relation to Seungri’s case, he explained, “There is room for dispute in regards to the main suspicion, which is embezzlement. It is also difficult to recognize a reason for detention, such as potential destruction of evidence, in regards to the remaining suspicions.”
Previously, pretrial detention warrants were issued for Jung Joon Young and Choi Jong Hoon, who were also members of the group chatrooms.
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