Jang Woo-hyuk's side gave their stance on reports that a former employee who revealed that HOT member Jang Woo-hyuk had been beaten by power was sent on charges of defamation in a factual manner.
On the 25th, the agency's WH Creative said, "The police's decision to not be charged is the former employee A's It is not that the content posted is acknowledged to be true, but the purpose of the police investigation so far is that it is impossible to know which of the claims made by Jang Woo-hyuk, the complainant, and Mr. A, the accused, is true. It is not acknowledged."
"According to the decision written by the police, 'both the complainant and the suspect could not submit evidence or eyewitness testimony to confirm the truth of the crime, so there is no evidence to conclude that the article is false," he said. It is not at all that this has been found to be true,” he added.
Furthermore, the agency said, "The above decision is only the police's primary opinion, and it is a decision that ignores the statements of many people involved that the fact posted by Mr. A is false, so Jang Woo-hyuk decided not to send the defamation of false information We have filed an objection and plan to continue fighting, so the investigation is not over at all.”
Mr. A is a former employee of WH Creative, headed by Jang Woo-hyuk, and claimed to have been 'gap-jil' by Jang Woo-hyuk last year. Previously, on the same day, a media reported, "On the 12th, the police decided not to send Mr. A, a former employee of WH Creative, accused of false facts and timely defamation (violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection) by Woo-Hyuk Jang. However, when it was factual, the charges of defamation were acknowledged and sent to the prosecution."Below is the full text of WH Creative's official position
1. Jang Woo-hyuk's agency, WH Creative, is distributing this distribution material on behalf of Jang Woo-hyuk.
2. In some media, around May 25, 2023, under the title of 'Former employee who exposed Jang Woo-hyuk's power abuse, factually acknowledged, false facts not suspected', the police made a decision not to be charged with the suspicion of spreading false facts, and it is not true We reported the contents to the effect that Jang Woo-hyuk's position has lost its persuasiveness.
3. However, the decision of no charge by the police above does not mean that the content posted by Mr. A is true, but as a result of the police investigation so far, which of the accuser Woo-Hyuk Jang and the accused Mr. A is true? The purpose is not to know, but it does not mean that former employee A's claim is true.
In other words, according to the decision written by the police, 'there is no evidence to conclude that the article is false because both the accuser and the suspect cannot submit evidence or eyewitness testimony to confirm the truth of the crime. .', so it is not at all that the article has been found to be true.
4. Furthermore, since the above decision is only the police's primary opinion, and it is a decision ignoring the statements of many related persons regarding the fact that the fact posted by former employee A is false, Jang Woo-hyuk is The investigation is not yet over at all, as we have filed an objection against the non-delivery decision and are planning to continue fighting.
5. Nonetheless, some media outlets reported misleadingly as if the above post by former employee A was true, so there is a possibility that the public who read the above article may misunderstand former employee A’s claim as fact. .
2023. 5. 25.
WH Creative Co., Ltd.
Reporter Tae Yuna, Ten Asia youyou@tenasia.co.kr