V, Suga, Jin (third from left), Jungkook, RM, Jimin and J-Hope of BTS attends the sixty fourth Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Amy Sussman/Getty Pictures/AFP [FILE]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police mentioned Friday they’re summoning a Japanese girl for questioning over allegedly kissing Jin, a member of the Ok-pop supergroup BTS, with out consent throughout a free hug occasion final 12 months.
A police officer who answered the cellphone at Seoul’s Songpa police station mentioned it requested the girl to look for questioning over an allegation of sexual harassment. The police station refused to reveal her identification citing privateness.
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The station mentioned it had launched an investigation after receiving an internet grievance and refused to supply additional particulars as a result of an investigation was below method.
Ok-pop boy band BTS member Jin (left) is greeted by fellow BTS member RM (R) after being discharged from his obligatory navy service exterior a navy base in Yeoncheon on June 12, 2024. |Picture by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Media studies mentioned that South Korean police have been in a position to affirm the identification of the girl with the assistance of Japanese police. The studies mentioned the girl, who’s in her 50s, was refusing to look for questioning.
A day after ending his obligatory 18-month navy service in June 2024, Jin, whose actual title is Kim Seok-jin, celebrated his discharge and the band’s 11-year anniversary by providing free hugs to his followers at an occasion in Seoul. Throughout the occasion, reportedly attended by 1,000 folks, a lady abruptly kissed Jin, on his cheek. Video footage that went viral confirmed Jin wanting uncomfortable.
The lady wrote in an internet weblog submit that “My lips touched his neck. His pores and skin was so tender,” in response to Yonhap information company.
Firefighters stroll previous a banner displaying an image of Ok-pop boy band BTS member Jin in entrance of a navy base in Yeoncheon on June 12, 2024. | Picture by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
HYBE, the band’s administration firm, didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for feedback.
BTS was created in 2013 and has a legion of world supporters who name themselves the “Military.” Jin, 32, is the oldest member of the band. He was the primary to affix the navy in December 2022, and the band’s six different members have later begun their obligatory navy companies one after one other. The band is anticipated to reconvene as a bunch later this 12 months.
