BELIFT LAB CEO attends National Assembly audit today (24th) amid ILLIT comeback... What will happen with the NewJeans plagiarism affair?

Kim Tae-ho, CEO of BELIFT LAB and CCO of HYBE, will clarify his position on the "NewJeans" and "ILLIT" plagiarism affair during the parliamentary audit.
Kim Tae-ho, the chairman of the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, will appear as a witness at the National Assembly's comprehensive parliamentary audit today (24th). Prior to this, Min Hyun-bae, a member of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee,
This is the result of a motion to summon Kim Tae-ho as a witness for a national audit in response to a request from a leading party lawmaker. On this day, Kim Tae-ho spoke about the management rights dispute between HYBE and their label ADOR, as well as the
Prior to this, the Culture and Sports Committee stated that the selection of witnesses is a sensitive matter due to the ongoing lawsuit between HYBE and former CEO of ADORMIN Hee Jin.
However, on the 15th, NewJeans' HANI and ADOR's Kim Juyeon attended a parliamentary audit by the Environment and Labor Committee and it was reported that the direction had changed.
LAB has been actively denying the plagiarism allegations, even releasing a video in June to refute them. However, at the recent hearing for the provisional injunction for the reappointment of CEO Min Hee Jin, former CEO Min said,
A report from a HYBE insider was made public that the "NewJeans" project plan was similar to the "ILLIT" project plan, and BELIFT
LAB said, "ILLIT's branding strategy and concept will be finalized on July 21, 2023.
"The whistleblower sent the so-called 'project proposal' on August 28, 2023, which is after that, and at this point in time, it cannot affect the concept of 'ILLIT'," they explained.
However, as HANI revealed in the parliamentary audit, the suspicion that BELIFT LAB staff ignored "NewJeans" remains unresolved.
Prior to this, HANI revealed that a manager of another artist under HYBE had seen her and told her to "ignore him," intensifying suspicions of internal bullying at NewJeans.
After that, when it was speculated that the artist in question was "ILLIT", BELIFT LAB said, "ILLIT's manager told the "NewJeans" members to "ignore" them.
Kim Juyeon, CEO of ADOR, who appeared as a witness during the National Assembly audit of the Environment and Labor Committee on the 15th, said that HANI was the manager who ignored her.
"I complained to the CEO of another company, not the manager of ADOR, and we are an independent subsidiary.
"We have made a lot of efforts as a company, but it is difficult to force managers of other companies to do the same," he said.
Attention is focused on what Kim Tae-ho, CEO of BELIFT LAB, who is a party to the matter, will say about this.