Korean male singer suspected of faking cancer to raise money for MV

This story is causing a stir in the Korean online community.

Doubts about singer Choi Sung Bong suffering from cancer arose again, when entertainment reporter Lee Jin Ho continued to raise questions against the male singer. Earlier, YouTuber Lee Jin Ho uploaded a video titled "Choi Sung Bong is suspected of having fake cancer... Crowdfunding 1 billion KRW ($840,000), why?"

The video raises suspicions that male singer Choi Sung Bong faked illness in exchange for sympathy and money donation. Reporters raised suspicions that Choi Sung Bong wanted to raise 1 billion KRW in crowdfunding to create his album, while the maximum cost was 100 million KRW ($84,000 USD) to create even an album and music video. High Quality.

In the video posted by the YouTuber, he has many questions, such as the diagnosis report and the hospital shirt that Choi Sung Bong is wearing in the photos posted on the male singer's social media account. In the first video, this YouTuber said that the hospital shirt Choi Sung Bong was wearing was not a hospital gown but a regular gown found on online stores.

The reporter said he called various hospitals, to confirm that they only provide patients with gowns printed with the hospital's name. Reporter Lee Jin Ho promises to provide more detailed information as he learns and further investigates the matter.

After the first video was posted, Choi Sung Bong personally denied the rumors that he was faking cancer. The male singer explained that he took a hospital shirt from a small private clinic and wore it in the hospital to prevent fans from finding out where he was.

However, on October 11, reporter Lee Jin Ho held a live broadcast where he provided information about Choi Sung Bong's diagnosis report. The reporter said that he inquired about the diagnosis report with various healthcare professionals, to verify the authenticity of the report. In doing so, Lee Jin Ho claimed that the doctors found something special in the reports.

Reporter Lee Jin Ho said that doctors who checked Choi Sung Bong's diagnosis report said that the terms used in the report were not frequently used by doctors. For example, the phrase "Received third surgery around May." Lee Jin Ho said that the doctors explained, they had to write down the exact date and time the surgery took place, not just an approximate number of the surgery.

In addition, reporter Lee Jin Ho also explained that he had studied the disease code names of the diseases listed in Choi Sung Bong's diagnostic report, but the provided codes did not exist. For example, during his research, he noticed that the code C73.3 did not exist in the disease code catalog.

In addition, Lee Jin Ho noticed that the codes listed in his latest diagnostic report provided were different from the first diagnostic report. Therefore, Lee Jin Ho believes that it is more likely that the diagnosis report is false.

Choi Sung Bong is the runner-up of the program "Korea Got Talent 2011". He once made fans heartbroken when he revealed he was battling colon cancer, prostate cancer and thyroid cancer. The male singer said the cancer had spread to the liver and lungs but could not continue with surgery because the cost was too great.

Many fans felt sorry for this news, so they sent donations to support Choi Sung Bong's surgery costs through the account that the male singer opened.

Choi Seong Bong directly voiced through Fancafe, "I'm sorry for causing this trouble and disappointing everyone." However, the male singer did not mention whether the fake cancer is real or not. Currently, Korean fans are very angry and demand the truth as soon as possible from Sung Bong's side.

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