Investigation of Actress Scandal to Resume
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By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
Police will resume an investigation into public figures who allegedly received "sexual services" from the late actress Jang Ja-yeon after her former agent, apprehended in Japan, will be extradited to Seoul soon.
The agent, Kim Sung-hoon, 42, was detained in Tokyo Wednesday afternoon and will be deported to Seoul as early as next week, police said.
Hiding out in Japan since last December, Kim had been placed on a wanted list for suspicions of forcing up-and-coming actresses, including Jang, to provide sexual services to showbiz and media VIPs.
"If necessary, we will re-investigate those cleared of suspicion in the first investigation that was inconclusively wrapped up in April", said Han Poong-hyun, head of the Bundang Police Station. "We have requested the Japanese authorities to send him back here as early as possible".
Once he arrives, police will restart the probe into 13 figures implicated in the scandal. The inquiry was put on hold for lack of evidence.
It has yet been confirmed whom Kim met and contacted over the last six months in Japan.
Jang hung herself in her house in Bundang, south of Seoul, on March 7, leaving a note indicating that she was forced to provide sexual services in return for media exposure.
A few days later, her manager, Yoo Jang-ho, disclosed the note she had supposedly written, which stated that Kim had forced Jang to provide sex and entertainment to several VIPs, including CEOs of two print and online media organizations, program directors and a bank CEO. Other bigwigs allegedly include owners and presidents of chaebol.
Following the disclosure, police questioned 40 people, but concluded the first investigation by booking only nine on April 24.
Staff Reporter
Police will resume an investigation into public figures who allegedly received "sexual services" from the late actress Jang Ja-yeon after her former agent, apprehended in Japan, will be extradited to Seoul soon.
The agent, Kim Sung-hoon, 42, was detained in Tokyo Wednesday afternoon and will be deported to Seoul as early as next week, police said.
Hiding out in Japan since last December, Kim had been placed on a wanted list for suspicions of forcing up-and-coming actresses, including Jang, to provide sexual services to showbiz and media VIPs.
"If necessary, we will re-investigate those cleared of suspicion in the first investigation that was inconclusively wrapped up in April", said Han Poong-hyun, head of the Bundang Police Station. "We have requested the Japanese authorities to send him back here as early as possible".
Once he arrives, police will restart the probe into 13 figures implicated in the scandal. The inquiry was put on hold for lack of evidence.
It has yet been confirmed whom Kim met and contacted over the last six months in Japan.
Jang hung herself in her house in Bundang, south of Seoul, on March 7, leaving a note indicating that she was forced to provide sexual services in return for media exposure.
A few days later, her manager, Yoo Jang-ho, disclosed the note she had supposedly written, which stated that Kim had forced Jang to provide sex and entertainment to several VIPs, including CEOs of two print and online media organizations, program directors and a bank CEO. Other bigwigs allegedly include owners and presidents of chaebol.
Following the disclosure, police questioned 40 people, but concluded the first investigation by booking only nine on April 24.
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