Recently, Henry became the spotlight of South Korean netizens after he was appointed as an ambassador for preventing school violence. The Seoul Mapo Police Station finally spoke up.
After the name Henry was appointed as an ambassador for School Violence Prevention, South Korean netizens suddenly became excited. This is because many South Korean netizens feel that the singer is not suitable to be the ambassador.
The Seoul Mapo Police Station appointed Henry as the official PR ambassador for school violence prevention on March 16. The police station plans to produce posters and videos to display on outdoor electric billboards.
Not only that, Henry will also visit schools in Mapo-gu and downtown areas such as Hongik University Station to carry out a school violence prevention campaign. As is well known, being appointed as a public relations ambassador is an unpaid voluntary job.
Henry is said to have been ready to accept the activity as a singer who has high credibility. But unfortunately, South Korean netizens criticized him for the recent Henry controversy.
"A public relations ambassador is an activity carried out by celebrities with busy schedules voluntarily. Although Henry has a busy schedule, he actively expressed his willingness to be a part of it," said an official from the Mapo Police Station.
However, this plan was met with opposition as Henry allegedly deleted comments criticizing China on his YouTube channel but left comments criticizing South Korea. Some netizens visited the Mapo Police Station website and criticized, "Is it right to use a person who tolerates cultural theft and historical deviance?", "Is it right to give tax money to someone who is Pro-China?" Due to excessive critical comments, the website's servers are known to be shut down.
With increasing public opinion against Henry being appointed as the new ambassador for Prevention of School Violence, the Mapo Police Department is considering whether to withdraw Henry's public relations ambassador appointment or not. An official from the Mapo Police Station said, "We are taking the situation seriously."
Meanwhile, this action made netizens wonder again how the Mapo police station didn't seem to take it seriously and quickly. Even netizens are curious about why they chose Henry as an ambassador.
"Why are netizens only hating Henry here? Isn't this also the fault of the Seoul Mapo Police Station who chose Henry over thousands of Korean artists? I understand that he has some issues regarding his YouTube channel comments last winter Olympics, that's all. But is the Police Station Mapo Seoul didn't notice?" netizen comments. "I like some idols from China, but they always get caught up in politics, whether voluntarily or not, and it always has an impact on their careers," wrote another. (wk/taki)
