Comedian Lee JINHO, who is involved in illegal gambling, cuts his losses even in his hometown of Hwaseong City... Dismissed as PR ambassador

Comedian Lee Jinho, who accumulated huge debts through illegal gambling on the Internet, ended up being written off by his hometown of Hwaseong.
On the 17th, Hwaseong city announced, "Lee Jinho has been dismissed from his position as Hwaseong city public relations ambassador."
Hwaseong City appointed two former members of Hwaseong City, Lee Yong Jin and Lee Jinho, as its public relations ambassadors in March of last year. Lee Jinho is from Jangan-myeon, Hwaseong City.
The term of office was two years, but according to the ordinance, an ambassador can be dismissed if he or she is deemed to be lacking in dignity or otherwise inappropriate to perform the duties of the position.
Prior to this, Lee Jinho announced on his SNS that, "In 2020, by chance, I was involved in an illegal online gambling business.
"I started gambling on the Internet and ended up in unbelievable debt," he said, confessing that he had accumulated huge debts through illegal Internet gambling.
The problem is that Lee JINHO used excuses such as "parents" and "taxes" to disqualify "BTS" JI
He reportedly sought help from fellow entertainers such as MIN, singer Ha Seong Woon, and talent Lee Soo Geun, as well as TV station staff, PDs, and writers.
Lee Jinho even owed money to moneylenders due to illegal gambling, and the amount he owed to moneylenders alone was 1.3 billion won (approximately 130 million won).
The debt is said to reach about 2.3 billion won (approximately 230 million yen) based on the amounts revealed so far.