Can BTS be investigated for suspected fraud, immediately cornering NewJeans into the dead?

The civil war between HYBE and ADOR subsidiary CEO Min Hee Jin has become a hot topic of the K-pop industry that many people are interested in. BTS and NewJeasn are the 2 groups affected.

Korean media spoke of HYBE's internal affairs as a protracted civil war, causing damage to those involved.

The media is noisy from the case of NewJeans stealing ideas, ILLIT plagiarism, Seventeen faking album sales... and of course the "big brother" BTS is indispensable in it.

Chosun newspaper said the latest craze in the K-pop industry now revolves around allegations of sajaegi marketing (a term that refers to illegal marketing by manipulating and cheating music chart achievements) of BTS.

These accusations created noisy debates online, some people were angry, some people were confused, protested and even disappointed.

Just at the moment of tension, the suspicion of performance fraud to the point of extortion in 2017 of HYBE (formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment) was dug up, making things even worse.

In the face of public reaction, the South Korean government came to a decision on the allegations related to the "national treasure". Specifically, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea announced that it would consider re-investigating suspected digital music fraud by BTS's management company HYBE in 2017.

In addition to BTS, the "housemate" group Seventeen is also suspected of manipulating sales because of the "terrible" achievements that the group has achieved on the charts. Seventeen is currently a group that holds many records for K-pop album sales.

In another development, when BTS had an accident and was about to be investigated, the group's fans sent a petition to remove NewJeans' mother.

Specifically, on the morning of June 6, the K-pop community was stirred by the information that more than 30 thousand people signed a petition asking Min Hee Jin to resign.

In the content sent to HYBE, the audience claimed that Min Hee Jin had "paid the media and reporters to spread misinformation" about BTS, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT as well as other groups. The female CEO's actions "affected the morale and happiness of some members".

In addition, fans also suggested that HYBE must "prevent further harassment and spreading misinformation" and wished that Min Hee Jin must "compensate for all the damage she has caused to the company as well as the artists".

The petition was submitted by an account called "ARMY Forever", in which ARMY is the fandom name of BTS. Notably, this application has collected more than 31,000 unanimous signatures after more than a month of initiation.

The above practice caused controversy. Netizens criticized fandoms for blindly putting their faith in HYBE and acting without knowing the truth. However, the number of signatories to the petition is still increasing day by day.

It can be seen that BTS fans decided to "kick" Min Hee Jin out of HYBE because the past series of marketing scandals seriously affected the artist's reputation. Soon, BTS will celebrate its 11th anniversary with the return of eldest brother Jin after a 2-year absence due to military service.

Previously, after more than 1 month of intense litigation, the victory was also temporarily in favor of Min Hee Jin when the court ruled not to approve the request to hold an extraordinary shareholder meeting to dismiss the "mother" of NewJeans.

Min Hee Jin continues to hold the position of CEO of ADOR and take over the management of NewJeans, if the corporation still wants to be fired, it must compensate up to 20 billion won. After the verdict, Min Hee Jin

However, responding to the media, HYBE decided not to reconcile with Min Hee Jin. Unable to be dismissed, the corporation appointed a new board of directors at ADOR, firing two of Min Hee Jin's confidants. Many experts predict that HYBE has not stopped in this legal battle.

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