Seungri was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison

From December 2015 to January 2016, Seungri was accused of arranging prostitution many times for investors in Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong to develop clubs and financial investment businesses.

Previously, the former BIGBANG member denied the accusations of brokering prostitution, saying he only knew through the investigation process. In particular, Seungri emphasized that he was not involved in calling prostitutes and mentioned the results of the investigation that the women participating at the scene were not prostitutes.

He confirmed that he did not know this woman even though she was related to a member of the Kakaotalk group. However, at the beginning of August last year, the court sentenced Seungri to 3 years in prison for 9 counts, including illegal gambling, prostitution brokerage, embezzlement, destruction of criminal evidence, and fines. 1.1 billion KRW (22.5 billion VND).

Seungri was not satisfied with the verdict of the first trial, so he appealed in October 2021. Originally, Seungri was scheduled to be discharged from the army on September 16, but after an appeal, the military court conducted an additional trial and Seungri is currently being detained in the armed forces.

Seungri is accused of committing 9 serious crimes. It is reported that at the 2nd trial, Seungri admitted all charges and expressed his intention to self-criticize. Thanks to this reason, the court significantly reduced Seungri's sentence from 3 years in prison to 1 year and 6 months.

If Seungri accepts this verdict, he will be released after completing his sentence for another year because he had already served about 5 months before. However, many people think that with so many crimes, the court's sentence is too light. In addition to the fact that Seungri was not honest before and repeatedly denied his crimes, he should not receive leniency from the law.

Recently, the Supreme Court officially recognized Seungri's sentence of 1 year and 6 months in prison, which was ruled by the lower court. Previously, Seungri was prosecuted for 9 serious crimes such as gambling, prostitution, embezzlement, etc.

From December 2015 to January 2016, Seungri was accused of arranging prostitution many times for investors in Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong to develop clubs and financial investment businesses. Seungri is also accused of embezzling 528 million KRW from Burning Sun Club and 20 million KRW from Yuri Holdings to pay attorney fees.

In addition, the youngest member of BIGBANG also used 2.2 billion KRW and chips worth 1 million USD to gamble in Las Vegas, USA from 2013-2017. He is also accused of threatening customers with gangsters in December 2015 at a pub in Gangnam, Seoul.

Seungri was charged with a total of 9 crimes and all were found guilty by the Court. Previously, Seungri was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the Military Court and fined 1.15 billion KRW, but appealed and was reduced to 1 year and 6 months in prison. Currently, Seungri has been transferred to the general prison to continue serving the sentence.

Dispatch commented, "BIGBANG is an idol group with a huge fan base of teenagers, but they have never (or not many times) set a moral example. They use the huge fandom as a shield. to justify false facts. They also "cheated" in the performance of their military service."

This media channel pointed out, first of all in the case of leader G-Dragon (GD), when he was investigated for illegal marijuana use in 2011. GD casually said, "I received a cigarette from a Japanese club and smoked it, but didn't know it was marijuana."

GD was not prosecuted after police reviewed his testimony, because he first committed the offense with a small amount of drugs and had no criminal record. But Dispatch said: "Since then, 'a cigarette you don't know is a banned substance' has been used as an answer to first-time illegal marijuana users."

TOP was also criticized for the same mistake as GD, he was "as calm as a jar" at a controversial time (2017). According to Dispatch, TOP explained that he only smoked e-cigarettes, but when he checked, it was marijuana. The first enlisted member of BIGBANG is sentenced to 2 years of probation and 10 months of imprisonment if recidivism.

Daesung also expressed his "don't know" attitude when he was caught up in the noise in 2019. He was investigated for having an illegal adult entertainment establishment operating in the building he owned. At that time, Daesung affirmed, "I didn't know about this illegal business." But the entertainment facility owner countered: "There's no way he didn't know."

Seungri officially admits all charges, gets half his prison sentence Rosé12:23:11 27/01/2022The once popular male idol admitted to all crimes. According to Nocut News on January 27, the High Military Court of the Ministry of National Defense held an appeal hearing against Seungri and sentenced him to 1 year and 6 months in prison. In early August last year, the court...