Dispatch has revealed extra info to show how badly Lee Solar Gyun had been extorted within the months main as much as his loss of life.
A report printed by the outlet on December 31 KST begins out explaining that whereas Lee Solar Kyun was a drug case suspect for 71 days, he had been a sufferer of threats for 105.
On October 18, ‘Kim,’ an leisure institution madam, was arrested. She not solely had six earlier drug convictions. As a repeat offender, she was in a determined state of affairs the place she tried to achieve benefit with the police by naming others concerned.
The Incheon Police Narcotics Crime Investigation Division submitted a progress report on this case with a plan to analyze drug utilization incidents involving a ‘well-known entertainer’ and ‘workers of a Gangnam leisure institution for the highest 1%.’ The police unexpectedly compiled the report with out conducting a correct inner investigation, inflating the state of affairs with out verifying details. (For instance, a suspect on the report known as ‘Han‘ has been in detention since June, nicely earlier than the investigation had even began.)
The following day, an article was run by newspaper Gyeonggi Sinmun, the very first article referring to the drug case. Whereas the article didn’t identify Lee Solar Gyun immediately, the headline detailed that the names included ‘a well-known superstar.’ Dispatch used this to present simply how shortly details about the investigation had leaked to the media – inside only a day of the aforementioned progress report’s submission.
In addition they identified a JTBC information report that aired on December 26, the place they said that Lee Solar Gyun had used a straw to inhale a substance he thought was a sleeping capsule by means of his nostril. The report was information based mostly on unverified statements from the police. Dispatch felt that the timing of this was not a coincidence in any respect, because it got here out shortly after Lee Solar Gyun had requested a lie detector take a look at.
This sample has been repeated a number of instances. When criticized for extreme police investigation, nameless police officer statements would come out. This was beforehand seen on November 24 after a drug take a look at carried out on Lee Solar Gyun’s armpit hair got here out unfavourable. Shortly after, KBS ran a information report that includes a recorded dialog between Lee Solar Gyun and ‘Kim.’
Dispatch then went in to clarify why ‘Kim’ focused Lee Solar Gyun. ‘Kim’ was working with two nameless accomplices ‘Lee‘ and ‘Shin.’ ‘Lee’ is described as ‘Kim’s youthful co-worker on the identical grownup institution, whereas ‘Shin’ is ‘Lee’s boyfriend. ‘Shin’ came upon about his girlfriend’s drug use and threatened ‘Kim,’ saying he would report it to the police. He finally did report it to the Incheon police.
‘Kim’ supposed to silence ‘Shin’ with cash, initially concentrating on a rich artist, ‘Jeon,’ with extortion. Nonetheless, ‘Jeon’ determined to go public with the knowledge that was supposed to be held in opposition to them. Lee Solar Gyun grew to become the following goal. ‘Kim’ knew that Lee Solar Gyun had no connection to medication.
A KakaoTalk dialog Dispatch revealed between ‘Kim’ and confederate ‘Park,’ the place she comes up with an thought for extortion, reads as follows:
Park: What would a hacker know?
Park: Even when she talks about utilizing medication,
Park: Lee Solar Gyun is not affected.
Kim: Oh.
Park: There isn’t any want to impress unnecessarily.
Kim: That is true.
Kim: Ought to I inform Solar Gyun oppa that I used to be hacked, threatened, and swindled for 500 million received?
Park: No, no. Please, please.
‘Kim’ finally pinned the hacking crimes on Jeong Da Eun, telling individuals round her, “Jeong Da Eun has hacking abilities. She hacked my telephone and threatened me.” She even advised Lee Solar Kyun, “Jeong Da Eun hacked my telephone. She intends to show the messages and recordings between us.”
Beneath is the hacker’s textual content message to ‘Kim,’ threatening her and telling her she should pay 100 million received (~$77,250 USD) by that Wednesday or face penalties.
Dispatch then reported that they reached out to Jeong Da Eun relating to this declare. As she had been arrested and was serving jail time when the incident was mentioned to have taken place, she couldn’t have engaged in any threats.
“I am self-taught in coding so I might develop an app. So, it looks as if that made ‘Kim’ delusionally consider me as a hacker. If I hacked, I might be wealthy! All I am responsible of is coding on XCODE and growing an app,” Jeong Da Eun defined in a reply letter. “Everybody’s centered on medication for pleasure, however I received into app improvement. That is my mistake. It is significantly hilarious however unfair. Additionally, I received arrested on August 11 and had my telephone confiscated, so sadly, I could not have interaction in any threats. What a disgrace…”
In September, ‘Kim’ ready for her police investigation by bleaching her hair greater than thrice, then later that night, carried out a drug take a look at utilizing a makeshift equipment and examined optimistic for marijuana.
One other day, she pressured Lee Solar Gyun by sending him messages and recorded conversations. She urged him to shortly assist her with the cash, saying, “The individuals taking motion appear scary.”
‘Kim’ exaggerated the quantity the hacker demanded from Lee Solar Gyun, sending a prolonged message stating, “When you give me 300 million (~$231,750 USD), I will not threaten you anymore. I am going to clear every thing up.”
In a dialog with ‘Park,’ she then hinted that she deliberate on taking the cash for herself, saying, “I demanded 300 million. However I will not give cash to the extortionist. So Lee Solar Gyun is screwed.” The dialog reads as follows:
Kim: I must take a break, so I ought to get 300 million.
Park: Take 300 million and never give it (to the hacker)?
Kim: Yeah. One-month hiatus.
Park: However if you happen to do not give it to the hacker, what occurs to Lee Solar Gyun?
Kim: He’ll be screwed.
Park: When you take the 300 million and run, will not he sue you?
Kim: Unnie says she’s a 300 million punk. She needs 50 million. She’s enjoying laborious to get.
Park: Please simply remedy it for 100 million received. What the hacker wished was 100 million, not 300 million.
On September 22, ‘Kim’ managed to obtain 300 million received from Lee Solar Gyun’s aspect. She advised him, “I will not elevate any points sooner or later or demand extra cash. I will not make any contact or communication with the concerned events,” and walked away with out delivering the cash to the blackmailer.
‘Kim’s angle earlier than and after the deposit was totally different. She claimed that the rationale she did not ship the 300 million received was as a result of the hacker had “chickened out,” saying, “The hacker chickened out and did not present as much as take the cash. Asking for the 300 million received again? My compensation for the damages can also be included right here. There isn’t any cause to return it.”
The threats started once more on October 13, with the hacker saying, “‘Kim’ took the cash and ran, so deliver the cash once more.” Initially, they demanded 200 million received, nevertheless it dropped to 100 million received, then to 50 million received. Lee Solar Gyun’s aspect tried to contact ‘Kim,’ however there was no response. ‘Kim’ talked about, “The hacker would not appear threatening. It looks as if they have no explicit info.”
Lee Solar Gyun’s aspect handed over 50 million received to ‘Kim’s acquaintance, ‘Park.’ Presently, ‘Park’ has been arrested as an confederate within the extortion, as ‘Kim’ managed to get 300 million received, whereas ‘Park’ received 50 million received.
Dispatch wrapped up their new report by sharing their ideas on the blundered police case, saying, “‘Kim’ has a report of six drug-related offenses. With that background, all she might attempt for was to construct a public picture. The police have been conscious of this. The texts she despatched to Lee Solar Gyun have been a well-crafted ‘script.’ The police took ‘Kim’s phrases because the driving pressure for his or her investigation. In actuality, that was all they needed to depend on. That ought to have prompted a extra thorough verification course of—that is the job of the police.”
Nonetheless, the police allowed malicious claims to unfold, allowing one-sided statements like “G-Dragon staggered out of the lavatory” or “Lee Solar Gyun inhaled sleeping tablets by means of a straw” to flow into.
“Lee Solar Gyun was not only a suspect within the drug case but in addition a sufferer within the extortion case. Nonetheless, for 71 days, he lived solely as a suspect,” Dispatch continued. “Would the general public bear in mind something past the drug accusations? Even the truth that the straw yielded unfavourable outcomes upon testing was overshadowed.”
In the meantime, Lee Solar Gyun handed away on the morning of December 27.
