Actress Park Min-young was summoned and investigated by the prosecution.
On the 15th, Park Min-young's agency, Hook Entertainment, said, "We confirm that Park Min-young faithfully completed the prosecution's summons investigation as a mere reference on the 13th, and is not currently banned from leaving the country."
He added, “We are sorry to deliver bad news during such a difficult time, and we apologize for the delay in our stance on this.”
Previously, the Financial Investigation Department 2 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Chae Hee-man) called Park Min-young as a witness and investigated whether her ex-boyfriend, Kang Jong-hyeon, was involved in the process of obtaining unfair profits from a Bithumb affiliate.
Park Min-young is known to have stated in the investigation that she had no connection with Bithumb.Full text of official statement from Park Min-young’s agency, Hook Entertainmenthello. This is Hook Entertainment.
We would like to talk about the prosecution's summons to investigate and the ban on leaving the country for our actress Park Min-young, which was reported in the media on the 14th (Tuesday).
We would like to confirm that Ms. Park Min-young faithfully completed the prosecution summons investigation as a mere reference on Monday the 13th, and is not currently banned from leaving the country.
We are sorry to deliver bad news during such a difficult time, and we apologize for the delay in responding.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr