L'Occitane employee who leaked revealing photos of SEVENTEEN's MIN-GYU is finally being investigated after filing a police report

South Korean police have launched an investigation into an employee of a cosmetics brand who posted a photo of SEVENTEEN member MIN-GYU without his jacket on social media.
According to police on the 10th, the Seoul Gangnam Police Station arrested a man for violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (taking pictures using cameras, etc.).
The police have begun an investigation into a person named A, an employee of the cosmetics brand L'Occitane, who was accused of sexual assault. In response to a question from the National Police Agency, the police said, "The case is being handled by Investigation Team 1 and Investigation Team 2.
The direction of the operation will be decided after further consideration," the company said. "We will notify you of the progress of the operation via mail, phone, and SMS."
Prior to this, A posted a photo on his SNS that was taken during an advertisement shoot for SEVENTEEN's MIN-GYU.
Among the photos were some in which he was without his jacket, to which Mr. A responded, "MIN-GYU took up a considerable part of the album. I was worried about deleting them, but I think I'll organize them now."
After that, Mr. A's actions led to controversy over illegal filming and invasion of privacy.
In response to the unauthorized posting of photos showing exposed body parts,
"L'Occitane Korea" said, "We are taking this matter very seriously and have taken appropriate measures against Mr. A in this case."
We bow our heads in apology to the artists and fans who were hurt and apologized," and added, "We will be making all employees brand ambassadors to prevent this kind of incident from happening again.
We will implement regular training and programs regarding the importance of copyrights, portrait rights, publicity rights, and privacy protection rights of our content creators, and ensure that all employees thoroughly understand and comply with these rights.
After that, one netizen said, "It can be judged that she was aware that this photo could induce sexual desire or embarrassment," and
"We strongly urge the police to immediately launch an investigation and take severe action against the employee in question," the company said.
Since the police have only begun an investigation after accepting the case, attention is focused on how the case will turn out.
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