JYP Entertainment officially announced that Hyunjin will be taking hiatus for an indefinite period of time. The announcement was made through their social media accounts.
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Hyunjin is now being dragged into the issue of being a bully at his school first. The Stray Kids member has released a personal statement and apologies for the actions that were considered problematic when he was in school.
Now on Saturday (27/2), JYP Entertainment officially announced that Hyunjin will take an indefinite hiatus. The announcement was made directly by JYP Entertainment, through their social media accounts.
Check out the full list of JYP Entertainment's announcement below:
"Hello, this is JYP Entertainment. We would like to inform you about Hyunjin Stray Kids' activities. We have contacted all parties involved with Hyunjin's schedule, and have coordinated ways to cancel activities while ensuring to prevent as much damage to the other party as possible."
"This process is time consuming, so our announcement about Hyunjin's future activities has been postponed. Hyunjin will stop all entertainment activities to reflect on her actions."
"He sincerely regrets hurting many people with inappropriate words during his middle school years. He wants to sincerely apologize to those who were injured and will do his best to help them heal from their wounds. We want to apologize. sincerely for making fans worry. "
Meanwhile on Friday (26/2), someone claiming to be a former teacher who taught Hyunjin came forward to defend the handsome idol to clarify how the situation was going on at school at that time.
"If I carefully say what the other teachers and I felt at the time, I remember that most of the children in the class were swept up in this kind of vibration and they expressed it in an immature and unskilled way," wrote the teacher.
"Hyunjin too, when he's in this kind of environment, he also has some personal circumstances that affect him, and so he has a moment of confusion and his words and actions are harsh and almost over the line," continued the teacher.
"Therefore, while Hyunjin's immature words and actions may have hurt others at the time, I feel bad that the accusations that he took the lead and committed violence during the school year were exaggerated and fabricated," the teacher added. (wk / charity)
