TIMELINE: From Burning Sun controversy to Seungri's retirement and past - BIGBANG's Seungri has announced his retirement from the entertainment industry amid controversies regarding his commercial enterprise ventures.
We've collated the series of occasions right into a timeline for folks who want to recognize what is led to the modern scenario, and wherein the whole lot stands as of now. We'll keep updating this timeline as news comes to light.
January 28
News Desk airs document where a man, Mr. Kim, says he was assaulted by way of Burning Sun nightclub workforce on November 24, 2018, while helping a girl being sexually harassed. When police arrived, he became arrested as an assailant.
It is suggested that BIGBANG’s Seungri is worried with management at Burning Sun and was at the venue that night.
CCTV pictures from the membership additionally exhibits a separate incident, with a female proven being dragged down a membership hallway. The woman suggested the assault to the police who did now not take motion, and it turned into mentioned that Burning Sun deleted the footage.
January 29
Burning Sun CEOs Lee Sung Hyun and Lee Moon Ho difficulty a assertion and apologise for Mr. Kim’s assault and plan to cooperate absolutely with the research. They take disciplinary action towards the personnel member in query.
The CEOs provide greater CCTV footage from the second one incident and nation that the female was removed from a VIP table for causing a disturbance after which assaulted their team of workers, for which she changed into arrested. The girl had considering the fact that apologised and given assault agreement cash.
The CEOs kingdom that Seungri was now not at the club on the day of the incident, and that he is someone they don’t see frequently.
January 30
A Burning Sun representative tells Kyunghyan Shinmun that Seungri controlled Burning Sun however is not simply the proprietor.
KBS News reports that Seungri had been a director of the membership however resigned from the location a week prior.
KBS News additionally reports testimony from a former Burning Sun worker about VIP room CCTV photos that has long gone viral, displaying a female being sexually assaulted by a man. The employee additionally suggests that unlawful drug use passed off in VIP rooms.
February 1
YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk confirms Seungri is not Burning Sun’s govt director and that he's resigning from all present day commercial enterprise roles as he prepares to enter the army.
He states that Seungri was at Burning Sun till 3am on November 24, and the incident involving Mr. Kim occurred past 6am.
Mr. Kim is accused of lying by using the lady he became supposedly saving. She states that he become sexually harassing her. Mr. Kim is wondered by police.
February 2
Seungri stocks statement on Burning Sun incident through his Instagram. He states that he changed into not there while it occurred but heard approximately it a few days later. He became greatly surprised with the aid of the pictures and does no longer condone any violence. He states that he have been the govt director in charge of promotions at the club, but that the membership’s operation and management were not his position.
Dispatch reveal group chat conversations among Burning Sun body of workers wherein they speak techniques for bringing ladies into VIP rooms, looking for drunk girls as easy targets and looking VIP customers have interaction in sexual sex via CCTV. Seungri isn't always a part of those conversations.
February 4
Burning Sun CEO Lee Moon Ho troubles a declaration in which he apologises to Seungri. He states that Seungri best helped as a representative and assisted in contacting overseas DJs. He confirms Burning Sun will eliminate VIP rooms and increase CCTVs.
February 15
Police raid Burning Sun and the Yeoksam District police unit. They confiscate programs associated with alleged collusion of cops in addition to CCTV footage. At Burning Sun, they take statistics important to research on suspicions of drugs, sex crimes and collusion at the membership.
February 16
At his solo concert in Seoul, Seungri apologises to fans pronouncing, “I am very apologetic to all those who care for me. I’m sorry for inflicting unhappiness for so many humans, and I am reflecting on what has occurred”. (Source)
February 17
Burning Sun shuts down because the investigation of drug dealing widens to extra clubs inside the Gangnam region.
February 18
Burning Sun assault sufferer Mr. Kim is suspected of a third depend of sexual attack as police review CCTV recordings. He is already accused of counts.
February 20
It is said that police are investigating Burning Sun executives, which includes Seungri. Police summon body of workers members to make statements about Seungri’s role at the membership.
February 26
SBS funE release text messages that had been allegedly shared between Seungri, CEO Yoo of Yuri Holdings and an employee in 2015. The content material implies that they had been hiring sexual escort offerings at Club Arena for foreign traders.
A few hours after the record, YG launch a announcement that the texts are fabricated and untrue. Yuri Holdings problem a similar announcement, declaring that they agree with a person with malicious reason toward Seungri fabricated them as a grudge.
Seoul Police Department affirm that they have got launched an research into the escort provider claims said by means of the media.
YG Entertainment’s stock costs fall amid the talk.
February 27
SBS funE journalist Kang Kyung Yoon responds to accusations of fabrication and says: “There isn't any motive to manufacture or edit the pronounced messages… If a request is obtained from the investigative enterprise, I will actively cooperate”.
Seungri states thru YG Entertainment that he wishes to post to drug checks as well as cooperate with investigations regarding the allegations surrounding him.
Seungri attends a police station for thinking that night and is released 8.5 hours later. He submits to urine and follicle exams, and solutions questions about drug and sexual escort allegations. He asks that people await the results of the research.
February 28
Seungri’s drug checks show negative, barring the hair follicle take a look at which takes longer to affirm.
Seungri cancels all scheduled activities, which include upcoming live shows in Osaka and Jakarta.
March 1
SBS funE report that a whistleblower submitted the text messages of Seungri ordering sexual escort offerings to the Anti Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on February 22. The source says they submitted to the Commission due to the fact the messages suggest a deep connection with the police.
A supply from the Seoul Metropolitan Police employer to begin with states: “We have yet to comfortable an original reproduction of the messages. We are contacting people [who are tied to the messages] so as to verify [the existence of the original copy]... Not best have we now not showed its life, but we additionally have obtained an affidavit that such messages do now not exist”.
Burning Sun co-CEO Lee Sung Hyun admits to bribing a policeman with 20 million received at the same time as being investigated for viable front of a minor into the membership.
March 4
News report exhibits that the Seoul Police Department had been privy to the Commission’s authentic copy of text messages on March 1. The police officially request for the agency to cooperate with them concerning the documents.
March 6
It is said that Seungri promoted a club in Hongdae inside the beyond, that is owned through YG and now suspected of tax evasion. Three more golf equipment come to be implicated within the tax evasion controversy, with two dwelling in a building owned with the aid of Yang Hyun Suk.
March 8
Seungri confirms he will enlist as an energetic responsibility soldier on March 25.
MBC News percentage Burning Sun inner documents displaying Seungri invested 225 million won within the club and listing him as a company promoter. He is likewise indexed as one in all four government directors alongside Lee Sung Hyun, Lee Moon Ho, and an man or woman referred to as Kang.
Burning Sun’s listing of shareholders consists of Yuri Holdings with 20% of stocks, of which Seungri is co-CEO.
March 9
BIGBANG lovers on DC Gallery petition for Seungri to be eliminated from the group and YG’s roster.
March 10
Police begin looking Club Arena. It is stated that they find evidence of pimping allegations however no confirmation of who is concerned. Arena is likewise investigated on suspicion of tax evasion.
Police verify the December 2015 messages aren't fabricated.
Seungri is booked and wondered by way of police on fees of violating South Korea’s Acts on Pimping and Prostitution and its Punishments. He is presently considered a suspect pending further investigation. Three to 4 different human beings in the chat organization are also booked.
Results on Seungri’s follicle drug take a look at prove bad.
March 11
SBS funE file on a KakaoTalk chatroom wherein hidden digicam footage and images are shared between Seungri, two male singers, CEO Yoo of Yuri Holdings, ordinary residents, and Mr. Kim - an acquaintance of Seungri’s who helped him run his restaurant business and additionally labored at Club Arena. According to the texts, Mr. Kim published unlawful hidden camera pictures and videos, to which Seungri and others answered.
Police say they're privy to the chatroom allegations and are investigating.
Seungri broadcasts his retirement from the leisure industry in an Instagram publish. He cites protective the respect of YG and BIGBANG in it.
Police limit Seungri from leaving the country.
SBS eight O’Clock News report that one of the celebrities within the KakaoTalk chatroom is allegedly Drug Restaurant frontman and variety famous person Jung Joon Young. The file states that he uploaded unlawful hidden digital camera pictures to the chat several times, some displaying himself accomplishing sexual sex with ladies filmed without consent. At least 10 victims are confirmed.
March 12
Jung Joon Young’s organization reply to hidden digicam allegations, saying they are not able to examine the truth presently but that the artist is returning to South Korea cooperate with police investigations.
Jung Joon Young is removed from 2 Days & 1 Night, Salty Tour and four Wheeled Restaurant. He will be edited out of episodes that have already been filmed but now not aired yet.
Police ebook Jung Joon Young on arrival in South Korea and limit him from leaving the united states of america.
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission transfer the KakaoTalk facts to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office after 15-day evaluation.
SBS funE record on messages from July 2016, where Seungri opened a club named Monkey Museum in Gangnam. The alleged messages propose police protected up problems with mentioned unlawful structures inside the building.
March 13
Jung Joon Young admits to hidden digicam crimes in apology letter. Investigations will begin on
March 14.
MAKEUS Entertainment terminate their agreement with Jung Joon Young.
YG Entertainment confirms that it has terminated Seungri's settlement with the business enterprise.
YTN document that FTISLAND's Choi Jong Hoon used his connections to police to cover up a inebriated driving incident from February 2016. It is said that he shared records about the incident within the organization chatroom that includes Jung Joon Young and Seungri.
SBS 8 O'Clock News document that a police officer in fee of Jung Joon Young's 2016 unlawful filming case requested the virtual forensics enterprise say the facts could not be restored on Jung Joon Young's phone, the important thing evidence inside the case. The police closed the research earlier than receiving the data.
SBS 8 O'Clock News file on alleged text messages among Choi Jong Hoon, Jung Joon Young, Seungri and different non-celebrities, discussing price being made to police to cover up Choi's drunk riding coincidence.
The former Korea Police Commissioner General, Kang Shin Myung, denies allegations that he is tied to the chatroom inclusive of the three idols.
The modern-day Commissioner General, Min Gap Ryong, holds a press convention acknowledging the opportunity of excessive-ranked officers abusing their electricity within the beyond to guard celebrities. He says he will check out further.
FNC Entertainment percentage assertion confirming Choi Jong Hoon became caught under the influence of alcohol driving in February 2016. He denies any ties to police. He halts all solo and FTISLAND-associated sports even as under investigation.
March 14
DC FTISLAND Gallery demand Choi Jong Hoon withdraw from the band.
Yong Junhyung proclaims his departure from HIGHLIGHT, after revealing he was aware of Jung Joon Young's hidden digicam photos and had mentioned it in a single-on-one chat conversations. He states that he became no longer a part of any organization chats.
Commissioner General Min Gap Ryong pronounces plan to investigate corruption within the police force, as well as a national research of clubs across South Korea, looking into drugs, sexual attack, the filming and distribution of hidden camera movies, and police connections.
Seungri, Jung Joon Young and Mr. Yoo record to Seoul Police Agency to begin questioning
Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office takes over the case from the police
Choi Jong Hoon proclaims retirement from industry and departure from FTISLAND
Sisa Journal shared messages from 2014 of Seungri offering sexual escort offerings to his commercial enterprise partner. He is likewise revealed to have gambled overseas - an unlawful act for Korean citizens.
SBS eight O'Clock News reviews CNBLUE's Lee Jong Hyun messages with Jung Joon Young in one-on-one chatroom, such as sharing of illegal hidden cam motion pictures. It is stated Lee Jong Hyun has additionally filmed ladies with out their consent.
March 15
Jung Joon Young completes police questioning after 21 hours
Seungri completes police wondering and states he might be asking the army to put off his enlistment date so he can whole the investigation..
(Sources: 1,2,3,4,five,6,7,eight,9,10,eleven,12,thirteen,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25)
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We've collated the series of occasions right into a timeline for folks who want to recognize what is led to the modern scenario, and wherein the whole lot stands as of now. We'll keep updating this timeline as news comes to light.
January 28
News Desk airs document where a man, Mr. Kim, says he was assaulted by way of Burning Sun nightclub workforce on November 24, 2018, while helping a girl being sexually harassed. When police arrived, he became arrested as an assailant.
It is suggested that BIGBANG’s Seungri is worried with management at Burning Sun and was at the venue that night.
CCTV pictures from the membership additionally exhibits a separate incident, with a female proven being dragged down a membership hallway. The woman suggested the assault to the police who did now not take motion, and it turned into mentioned that Burning Sun deleted the footage.
January 29
Burning Sun CEOs Lee Sung Hyun and Lee Moon Ho difficulty a assertion and apologise for Mr. Kim’s assault and plan to cooperate absolutely with the research. They take disciplinary action towards the personnel member in query.
The CEOs provide greater CCTV footage from the second one incident and nation that the female was removed from a VIP table for causing a disturbance after which assaulted their team of workers, for which she changed into arrested. The girl had considering the fact that apologised and given assault agreement cash.
The CEOs kingdom that Seungri was now not at the club on the day of the incident, and that he is someone they don’t see frequently.
January 30
A Burning Sun representative tells Kyunghyan Shinmun that Seungri controlled Burning Sun however is not simply the proprietor.
KBS News reports that Seungri had been a director of the membership however resigned from the location a week prior.
KBS News additionally reports testimony from a former Burning Sun worker about VIP room CCTV photos that has long gone viral, displaying a female being sexually assaulted by a man. The employee additionally suggests that unlawful drug use passed off in VIP rooms.
February 1
YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk confirms Seungri is not Burning Sun’s govt director and that he's resigning from all present day commercial enterprise roles as he prepares to enter the army.
He states that Seungri was at Burning Sun till 3am on November 24, and the incident involving Mr. Kim occurred past 6am.
Mr. Kim is accused of lying by using the lady he became supposedly saving. She states that he become sexually harassing her. Mr. Kim is wondered by police.
February 2
Seungri stocks statement on Burning Sun incident through his Instagram. He states that he changed into not there while it occurred but heard approximately it a few days later. He became greatly surprised with the aid of the pictures and does no longer condone any violence. He states that he have been the govt director in charge of promotions at the club, but that the membership’s operation and management were not his position.
Dispatch reveal group chat conversations among Burning Sun body of workers wherein they speak techniques for bringing ladies into VIP rooms, looking for drunk girls as easy targets and looking VIP customers have interaction in sexual sex via CCTV. Seungri isn't always a part of those conversations.
February 4
Burning Sun CEO Lee Moon Ho troubles a declaration in which he apologises to Seungri. He states that Seungri best helped as a representative and assisted in contacting overseas DJs. He confirms Burning Sun will eliminate VIP rooms and increase CCTVs.
February 15
Police raid Burning Sun and the Yeoksam District police unit. They confiscate programs associated with alleged collusion of cops in addition to CCTV footage. At Burning Sun, they take statistics important to research on suspicions of drugs, sex crimes and collusion at the membership.
February 16
At his solo concert in Seoul, Seungri apologises to fans pronouncing, “I am very apologetic to all those who care for me. I’m sorry for inflicting unhappiness for so many humans, and I am reflecting on what has occurred”. (Source)
February 17
Burning Sun shuts down because the investigation of drug dealing widens to extra clubs inside the Gangnam region.
February 18
Burning Sun assault sufferer Mr. Kim is suspected of a third depend of sexual attack as police review CCTV recordings. He is already accused of counts.
February 20
It is said that police are investigating Burning Sun executives, which includes Seungri. Police summon body of workers members to make statements about Seungri’s role at the membership.
February 26
SBS funE release text messages that had been allegedly shared between Seungri, CEO Yoo of Yuri Holdings and an employee in 2015. The content material implies that they had been hiring sexual escort offerings at Club Arena for foreign traders.
A few hours after the record, YG launch a announcement that the texts are fabricated and untrue. Yuri Holdings problem a similar announcement, declaring that they agree with a person with malicious reason toward Seungri fabricated them as a grudge.
Seoul Police Department affirm that they have got launched an research into the escort provider claims said by means of the media.
YG Entertainment’s stock costs fall amid the talk.
February 27
SBS funE journalist Kang Kyung Yoon responds to accusations of fabrication and says: “There isn't any motive to manufacture or edit the pronounced messages… If a request is obtained from the investigative enterprise, I will actively cooperate”.
Seungri states thru YG Entertainment that he wishes to post to drug checks as well as cooperate with investigations regarding the allegations surrounding him.
Seungri attends a police station for thinking that night and is released 8.5 hours later. He submits to urine and follicle exams, and solutions questions about drug and sexual escort allegations. He asks that people await the results of the research.
February 28
Seungri’s drug checks show negative, barring the hair follicle take a look at which takes longer to affirm.
Seungri cancels all scheduled activities, which include upcoming live shows in Osaka and Jakarta.
March 1
SBS funE report that a whistleblower submitted the text messages of Seungri ordering sexual escort offerings to the Anti Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on February 22. The source says they submitted to the Commission due to the fact the messages suggest a deep connection with the police.
A supply from the Seoul Metropolitan Police employer to begin with states: “We have yet to comfortable an original reproduction of the messages. We are contacting people [who are tied to the messages] so as to verify [the existence of the original copy]... Not best have we now not showed its life, but we additionally have obtained an affidavit that such messages do now not exist”.
Burning Sun co-CEO Lee Sung Hyun admits to bribing a policeman with 20 million received at the same time as being investigated for viable front of a minor into the membership.
March 4
News report exhibits that the Seoul Police Department had been privy to the Commission’s authentic copy of text messages on March 1. The police officially request for the agency to cooperate with them concerning the documents.
March 6
It is said that Seungri promoted a club in Hongdae inside the beyond, that is owned through YG and now suspected of tax evasion. Three more golf equipment come to be implicated within the tax evasion controversy, with two dwelling in a building owned with the aid of Yang Hyun Suk.
March 8
Seungri confirms he will enlist as an energetic responsibility soldier on March 25.
MBC News percentage Burning Sun inner documents displaying Seungri invested 225 million won within the club and listing him as a company promoter. He is likewise indexed as one in all four government directors alongside Lee Sung Hyun, Lee Moon Ho, and an man or woman referred to as Kang.
Burning Sun’s listing of shareholders consists of Yuri Holdings with 20% of stocks, of which Seungri is co-CEO.
March 9
BIGBANG lovers on DC Gallery petition for Seungri to be eliminated from the group and YG’s roster.
March 10
Police begin looking Club Arena. It is stated that they find evidence of pimping allegations however no confirmation of who is concerned. Arena is likewise investigated on suspicion of tax evasion.
Police verify the December 2015 messages aren't fabricated.
Seungri is booked and wondered by way of police on fees of violating South Korea’s Acts on Pimping and Prostitution and its Punishments. He is presently considered a suspect pending further investigation. Three to 4 different human beings in the chat organization are also booked.
Results on Seungri’s follicle drug take a look at prove bad.
March 11
SBS funE file on a KakaoTalk chatroom wherein hidden digicam footage and images are shared between Seungri, two male singers, CEO Yoo of Yuri Holdings, ordinary residents, and Mr. Kim - an acquaintance of Seungri’s who helped him run his restaurant business and additionally labored at Club Arena. According to the texts, Mr. Kim published unlawful hidden camera pictures and videos, to which Seungri and others answered.
Police say they're privy to the chatroom allegations and are investigating.
Seungri broadcasts his retirement from the leisure industry in an Instagram publish. He cites protective the respect of YG and BIGBANG in it.
Police limit Seungri from leaving the country.
SBS eight O’Clock News report that one of the celebrities within the KakaoTalk chatroom is allegedly Drug Restaurant frontman and variety famous person Jung Joon Young. The file states that he uploaded unlawful hidden digital camera pictures to the chat several times, some displaying himself accomplishing sexual sex with ladies filmed without consent. At least 10 victims are confirmed.
March 12
Jung Joon Young’s organization reply to hidden digicam allegations, saying they are not able to examine the truth presently but that the artist is returning to South Korea cooperate with police investigations.
Jung Joon Young is removed from 2 Days & 1 Night, Salty Tour and four Wheeled Restaurant. He will be edited out of episodes that have already been filmed but now not aired yet.
Police ebook Jung Joon Young on arrival in South Korea and limit him from leaving the united states of america.
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission transfer the KakaoTalk facts to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office after 15-day evaluation.
SBS funE record on messages from July 2016, where Seungri opened a club named Monkey Museum in Gangnam. The alleged messages propose police protected up problems with mentioned unlawful structures inside the building.
March 13
Jung Joon Young admits to hidden digicam crimes in apology letter. Investigations will begin on
March 14.
MAKEUS Entertainment terminate their agreement with Jung Joon Young.
YG Entertainment confirms that it has terminated Seungri's settlement with the business enterprise.
YTN document that FTISLAND's Choi Jong Hoon used his connections to police to cover up a inebriated driving incident from February 2016. It is said that he shared records about the incident within the organization chatroom that includes Jung Joon Young and Seungri.
SBS 8 O'Clock News document that a police officer in fee of Jung Joon Young's 2016 unlawful filming case requested the virtual forensics enterprise say the facts could not be restored on Jung Joon Young's phone, the important thing evidence inside the case. The police closed the research earlier than receiving the data.
SBS 8 O'Clock News file on alleged text messages among Choi Jong Hoon, Jung Joon Young, Seungri and different non-celebrities, discussing price being made to police to cover up Choi's drunk riding coincidence.
The former Korea Police Commissioner General, Kang Shin Myung, denies allegations that he is tied to the chatroom inclusive of the three idols.
The modern-day Commissioner General, Min Gap Ryong, holds a press convention acknowledging the opportunity of excessive-ranked officers abusing their electricity within the beyond to guard celebrities. He says he will check out further.
FNC Entertainment percentage assertion confirming Choi Jong Hoon became caught under the influence of alcohol driving in February 2016. He denies any ties to police. He halts all solo and FTISLAND-associated sports even as under investigation.
March 14
DC FTISLAND Gallery demand Choi Jong Hoon withdraw from the band.
Yong Junhyung proclaims his departure from HIGHLIGHT, after revealing he was aware of Jung Joon Young's hidden digicam photos and had mentioned it in a single-on-one chat conversations. He states that he became no longer a part of any organization chats.
Commissioner General Min Gap Ryong pronounces plan to investigate corruption within the police force, as well as a national research of clubs across South Korea, looking into drugs, sexual attack, the filming and distribution of hidden camera movies, and police connections.
Seungri, Jung Joon Young and Mr. Yoo record to Seoul Police Agency to begin questioning
Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office takes over the case from the police
Choi Jong Hoon proclaims retirement from industry and departure from FTISLAND
Sisa Journal shared messages from 2014 of Seungri offering sexual escort offerings to his commercial enterprise partner. He is likewise revealed to have gambled overseas - an unlawful act for Korean citizens.
SBS eight O'Clock News reviews CNBLUE's Lee Jong Hyun messages with Jung Joon Young in one-on-one chatroom, such as sharing of illegal hidden cam motion pictures. It is stated Lee Jong Hyun has additionally filmed ladies with out their consent.
March 15
Jung Joon Young completes police questioning after 21 hours
Seungri completes police wondering and states he might be asking the army to put off his enlistment date so he can whole the investigation..
(Sources: 1,2,3,4,five,6,7,eight,9,10,eleven,12,thirteen,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25)
go to sbs.Com.Au for extra updates.
Source: allkpop.com
