The Late Jang Ja-yeon and Remaining Suspicions

It has been 14 years since the late actress Jang Ja-yeon passed away.

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Jang Ja-yeon was found dead at her home in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on March 7th, 2009. She was thirty years old.

At the time, the deceased said, "I'm a weak and powerless rookie actress.I want to get out of this pain", she said, shockingly leaving a suicide note. The suicide note contained the real names of political and media broadcasting figures, and contained information that they received treatment and paid sexual favors.

The police investigated the document, so-called "Jang Ja-yeon List", and about 10 people on the list were 'not charged'.

In 2018, the prosecution's past history committee under the Ministry of Justice recommended that the prosecution reinvestigate the Jang Ja-yeon case. The reinvestigation was launched, but the History Committee concluded that "Jang Ja-yeon's documents are likely to be true, but the reality of the so-called hospitality list has not been confirmed".

Yoon Ji-oh, a fellow actress of the deceased, was called as the only witness on Jang Ja-yeon's list, but left for Canada after being embroiled in allegations related to donations.

Meanwhile, last month, Jang Ja-yeon's former head of The Content Entertainment, submitted a petition to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, saying, "I feel unfair because I have been the perpetrator of the Jang Ja-yeon case for more than a decade".

Meanwhile, Jang Ja-yeon made her debut as a commercial model in 2006 and made her debut in the drama "Boys over Flowers".