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Seungri enjoyed a fancy party in Thailand on his first birthday after being released from prison
On the 13th, the scene of Seungri's birthday party was revealed on a social account. The author, a Thai singer and actor, posted a photo with the message, "Say Happy 33rd Birthday to my boy, SEUNGRI! All the best to u bratha! Love loads always 🤜🏻❤️🤛🏻!"
Seungri's registered birthday is January, but his actual birthday is December 12. The location in the photo is a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, where many celebrities, including Thai celebrities and Japanese actors, are gathered. Seungri is smiling brightly while holding a cake that appears to have been prepared by them. You can also see them cutting the cake. Seungri gathers with party attendees to cheer.
Seungri is a person who served prison time for ‘Burning Sun Gate’. 'Burning Sun Gate' refers to crimes in the entertainment industry and entertainment districts that began with the assault at club Burning Sun in late November 2018. Big Bang's Seungri, Jung Joon-young, Choi Jong-hoon, etc. were involved in crimes and went to prison.
From December 2015 to January of the following year, Seungri was accused of arranging prostitution on several occasions for investors in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, etc. to attract investment for clubs and financial investment businesses, and of purchasing prostitution himself. (violation of the Prostitution Punishment Act), embezzlement of KRW 528 million from Club Burning Sun in the name of brand usage fees for the Gangnam bar Monkey Museum (violation of the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Economic Crimes), and 2,200 won in Yuri Holdings company funds in the name of employees’ personal attorney fees. The charge of embezzling 10,000 won (business embezzlement) was admitted.
From December 2013 to August 2017, he gambled several times at hotel casinos in Las Vegas, USA, spending 2.2 billion won (habitual gambling), and engaged in currency exchange while renting chips worth 1 million dollars as gambling funds (violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act). There is also one fact.
At the end of December 2015, while drinking with acquaintances at a bar in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, an argument broke out with another customer. He reported this to Yoo In-seok, the husband of actress Park Han-byeol and former CEO of Yuri Holdings, and mobilized gangsters to threaten him ( Nine different criminal acts are listed in his sentence, including being a co-principal offender of a special assault teacher.
Seungri evaded the military and was investigated by the military. Seungri, who was in pretrial detention at a military prison, was transferred to a wartime labor force and transferred to a private prison as the Supreme Court confirmed the punishment on August 12, 2021, and was released in February after serving 1 year and 6 months in prison.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr
