“Recently, Seunghan has been exposed to issues related to his personal life that have been leaked and disseminated without permission through SNS and online communities, and this has caused a great deal of damage to the group, members, and even his family.
I sincerely apologize for any disappointment or confusion I may have caused to you, and I am reflecting on this matter. As a result, Seunghan felt a mental burden and responsibility, and after deeply worrying, he decided to do it for the sake of the group.
He has conveyed his intention to suspend his activities." Below is the full text of the text published by SM Entertainment. good morning. This is SM Entertainment.
I would like to say something about Seunghan, a member of RIIZE. Recently, Seunghan has been exposed to information about his personal life that has been leaked and disseminated without permission through SNS and online communities.
We sincerely apologize for causing disappointment and confusion to the group, members, and fans due to related issues.
As a result, Seunghan felt a mental burden and responsibility, and after deeply worrying, he announced his intention to suspend his activities for the sake of the group. Our company is also like this
We have determined that it is unreasonable to continue our activities under the current circumstances, and have decided to suspend our activities indefinitely, respecting the person's opinion that we do not want to cause any further damage to the group or members.
. Therefore, RIIZE will be promoting with 6 members excluding Seunghan from today (22nd).
Although this is a sudden situation, the decision was made after careful discussion with the artist himself.
We ask for the understanding of all fans as this is a serious incident, and we feel a great responsibility for the neglect of the artist's management, even though this happened before the artist's debut.
Once again, we would like to sincerely apologize to our fans. However, the videos and images that are currently being leaked and distributed without permission were taken during private time during the trainee days before debut, and the source has not been identified.
It has been reproduced many times to cause misunderstandings through deliberate secondary editing, such as screen captures, using footage from the same website.
Also, the person who leaked and disseminated the footage and images without permission is a messenger who does not exist.
By using malicious means such as conversations and generating baseless false content, they spread fabricated and distorted information that is different from the facts, and seriously damage the artist's reputation (
Kison) continues to act. As soon as we became aware of the above facts, we conducted monitoring, collected a considerable amount of evidence, identified the person who leaked and disseminated it without permission, and brought it under our jurisdiction this afternoon.
We plan to file a complaint at the police station. In addition, the identified person will not only be subject to defamation of the artist through unauthorized leakage and dissemination, but also to various illegal acts such as cybercrime and blackmail.
We are currently considering legal measures to do so. We not only make complaints on behalf of artists and groups, and on behalf of the fans who love them, but also through posts.
We plan to take strong action against all secondary acts of harm, such as creating and disseminating senseless rumors about artists, and expanding and reproducing them, without any agreement or retribution.
We will continue to do our best to protect our artists. thank you.
2023/11/22 09:58 KST
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