The documentary exposing the Seungri scandal had serious errors, the TV station quickly corrected it

The recently released documentary about the scandal that shocked the Korean entertainment industry - Burning Sun by former BIGBANG member Seungri has been entangled in controversy because of serious flaws. BBC television immediately admitted its mistake and quickly changed the scene.

The documentary Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups ( Burning Sun: Exposing secret K-pop chat groups ) released by BBC on May 19, is causing a stir in public opinion. The investigative report revealed more horrifying things in the 2019 scandal involving Seungri (former member of BIGBANG), Jung Joon Young, Choi Jong Hoon and their friends.

While the BBC made a splash with its documentary about criminals who once "disguised" as famous idols, praised and loved by millions of young viewers, a serious mistake was discovered that caused the broadcaster to This photo had to apologize and urgently edit the scene.

In the BBC documentary, journalists and lawyers all affirmed that behind the group of corrupt artists who committed crimes but still roamed freely like Seungri, Jung Joon Young, Choi Jong Hoon... there are great forces. like the police, prosecutors, and media covering it up. And the major media unit mentioned by name on suspicion of condoning the crimes of the above mentioned Kpop stars is KBS.

According to journalist Park Hyo Sil, in 2016, Jung Joon Young's ex-girlfriend (known by the alias Kyung Mi in the documentary) accused him of harassing and illegally filming her private images. At that time, Jung Joon Young had to withdraw from the entertainment show 2 days 1 night of Korean television station KBS. After that, KBS's legal team is said to have contacted Kyung Mi, pressuring her to drop the lawsuit. They also threatened the victim that they would be charged with the opposite crime. The purpose of this is so that the entertainment show does not suffer heavy losses. If Jung Joon Young gets into a scandal, the whole show will have to stop filming, and even previously recorded episodes cannot be broadcast.

"A lawyer representing the TV channel contacted Jung's accuser, Kyung Mi. This person threatened Kyung Mi that without enough evidence, she could receive a heavy sentence for the crime." Due to being too scared, the girl withdrew the lawsuit. At the same time, Kyung Mi also had to make a public statement that Jung did nothing wrong and apologize to him," female reporter Park revealed in the documentary. by BBC.

Faced with the public boycott because of the BBC documentary, KBS spoke up about the incident. KBS stated that the information that the station's representative lawyer contacted and pressured Jung Joon Young's victim BBC gave was "untrue and unfounded". Therefore, KBS requires the BBC to correct the error, otherwise legal action will be considered.

"The journalist who appeared in the BBC documentary Burning Sun asserted that a lawyer from KBS contacted and pressured Jung Joon Young's victims. This allegation is false and baseless. The victim only said she was worried after receiving advice from a lawyer that she could face that risk without a full license. However, the BBC reported in the documentary that KBS had been contacted victim. We want to clarify that the lawyer is the victim's legal representative, not KBS's lawyer," Korean national television clarified the accusation of covering up Jung Joon Young's crime. .

KBS revealed in its official announcement on May 22 that BBC had realized the mistake and issued an official apology. According to KBS, BBC confirmed that the legal advice that Jung Joon Young's ex-girlfriend received did not come from KBS's lawyer but from an independent lawyer that she sought herself. This information was included in the BBC's official announcement sent to KBS early this morning, Korean time.

The BBC also removed inaccurate content from the documentary and published these edits on their platforms. As for KBS, the station mentioned that the BBC explained that this mistake came from them and was not the fault of reporter Park Hyo Sil.

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