Jang Ja Yeon, famous for her role in the k-drama Boys Over Flowers, died in March 2009, leaving behind a document that revealed she was forced to perform sexual acts on business and media executives.
In the seven notes made artist who played in the series Boys Over Flowers, Jang tells how cruel the Korean entertainment world.
Yoon also held a news conference, together with civic activists in Seoul, last Friday, saying Jang's death is not a simple suicide and a reinvestigation will eventually lead to the extension of the statutes of limitations for the case to a maximum 25 years. Answer (1 of 2): She was raped molested by over 100 higher people.her body was used by the agencies in promise to mke her superstar and become a list celeb.she wrote all the names and details of incident in her suicide note.the case was obviously brought down bcoz many imp people are involved,in. Dispatch has released photos taken from CCTV videos showing the final moments of actress Jang Ja Yeon before she died by suicide. Jang Ja Yeon wrote the reason suicide because of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse she experienced during a career in the entertainment world. The case grew into a sensational scandal over who was on "Jang's list" and prompted financial watchdogs to launch an investigation into contracts between celebrities and their agencies, long criticized as "enslaving" the fledgling stars.Īccording to police, Kim also forced other female entertainers, who were contracted with his agency, to serve at parties and even on an overseas golf tour.Ī petition calling for a reinvestigation of the Jang Ja-yeon case, which was posted on the website of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on March 12, has gathered more than 600,000 signatures.įollowing Moon's emergency order, the justice ministry's special commission on past misconduct by the prosecution has extended the deadline of its operation, slated for the end of March, by two months and is planning to review the case.Īctress Yoon Ji-oh, who claimed to have seen a suicide letter left by Jang, told the special commission on March 12 that she saw names of three journalists and one politician in the letter. In those letters, Jang expressed frustration and resentment over her circumstances, calling the 31 people "demons." According to more than 50 letters allegedly written by Jang before her death and sent to her acquaintances, she claimed to have been forced to attend roughly 100 drinking parties for and offer sexual favors to 31 individuals, including heads of private enterprises and officials of news organizations.