YANG HYUN SUK (YGe ex-CEO) , HAN SEO HEE , B.I (ex-iKON) ; TRIAL Activity = Sept. 17 ; FULL TRIAL = November 5th ; 2021.09.17

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YANG HYUN SUK (YGe Agency ex-CEO) Charged with Threatening Retaliation against Samsung Electronics company for alleged manipulation

of mobile phone forensics by a whistleblower (HAN SEO HEE) ; 2021.09.17

Photo = YANG HYUN SUK. Photo|StarToday

YANG HYUN SUK (51), a former producer of YG Entertainment, who was indicted on charges of covering up the drug investigation of former member of the iKON group B.I (real name Kim Han-bin, 25), demanded an additional forensics, saying he could not believe the results of the mobile phone forensics of public service informants submitted to the prosecution.

On the morning of the September 17th, the second TRIAL preparation date was held for YANG HYUN SUK's alleged violation of the law on aggravated punishment of certain crimes (threats of retaliation) at the hearing of the Criminal Agreement Department 23 (Presiding Judge Yoo Young-geun) at the Seoul Central District Court.

The preparatory hearing date was held on the 13th of last month (August) , but another preparatory hearing will be held as the prosecution and lawyers for the indictment are fiercely confronting each other over the adoption of evidence ... (Added: Guessing sometime in October for date of additional Preparatory Hearing).

YANG HYUN SUK's attorney said the forensic data on the mobile phone of the whistleblower (HAN SEO HEE) cannot be guaranteed as to integrity and originality ... So , (YHS) Lawyer is asking the court to issue another

forensic authentication (of the HSH Phone Data) during the trial.

The (YHS) lawyer claimed, "The forensic data on HAN SEO HEE's mobile phone held by the prosecution is a copy of the imaging file that the Police had forensic ... Which HAN SEO HEE had forensics by the media before the police," adding, "It is possible that it (HSH Phone Data) was contaminated at the stage before the police (took possession of the HSH Phone)." ... "You need to see the original (forensics) , not the imaging file, so that you can determine integrity, (original) authenticity, and (possible) forgery."

When the Prosecution said, "It is not understandable that the Police disagreed with the forensic process," the (YHS) lawyer again countered, "The Police may have forensic investigation of the contaminated electronic information," ... And the Prosecution said (countering) , "The (Police) investigation agency followed the forensic process whether it was contaminated or not."

As the dispute grew longer, the judge demanded that the prosecution "prove objectively (about the possibility of manipulating the forensic results)," and the prosecution said, "We will ask the police for a forensic imaging file and deliver it to the lawyer."

The (YHS) lawyer also said, "We asked the Prosecution to submit a CD containing the recording files at the time of the meeting, but it was not submitted."

YANG HYUN SUK's investigation into the alleged threat of retaliation is known to have 12 volumes, with a total of 10,000 pages. In response, the judge observed that the ordinary threat case was not more than 500 pages, and discussed the order and procedures of the witness examination in the future.

After two trial preparation dates (still to happen in October , confusing ???) , the first trial will be held on the morning of November 5. At the trial on the day, the Police who first investigated HAN SEO HEE will appear as a witness and conduct a witness examination, and the defendant YANG HYUN SUK will appear from that day.

A total of seven witnesses will be questioned at the TRIAL , and (Offcial) Public Interest Reporter HAN SEO HEE will attend as a major witness ...

B.I , who was to benefit from the threat (alleged , by YANG HYUN SUK , directed at HAN SEO HEE) , is also expected to attend the hearing as a witness.

YANG HYUN SUK is accused of threatening HAN SEO HEE , (now) a Public Interest Reporter (Official) , who accused YGe celebrity K-pop Idol , B.I , of buying illegal drugs (B.I is now determined *COURT GUILTY* of exactly

that = 4 YEARS PROBATION) , to change her (HSH) statements to the Police.

At the time of the first TRIAL Preparation, the PROSECUTION said, "YANG HYUN SUK was reported (told) by the YGe Agency management support chief Mr. KIM , that HAN SEO HEE had told (made statements to) the Police about (B.I) Han-bin's (illegal) drugs case ... And then (YANG HYUN SUK) called (phoned) the victim , HAN SEO HEE , to YG's HQ office located in Mapo-gu, Seoul (personal meeting) , (with the intent) to reverse (change) the statement (of HAN SEO HEE to Police about B.I , via intimidation)." ... YANG HYUN SUK said, 'You should be a good child, and not a bad child?' ... And he threatened the victim (HAN SEO HEE) who was a celebrity prospect (Year 2016) by saying, 'It is not a matter of killing you (in the entertainment industry , your HSH career prospects),' ... And (YANG HYUN SUK) threatened (HAN SEO HEE) , to (attempt to force a change of her current Year 2016 statements to Police) , and make a false statement about (B.I) Kim Han-bin."

YANG HYUN SUK's lawyer denied all charges against him , saying "It is true that YANG HYUN SUK met with HAN SEO HEE at the time and talked, but there was no threatening or forcing her (HSH) to make a false statement (to Police)."

YANG HYUN SUK was questioned after a (Official) Public Service Report was filed with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in Year 2019 ... That YANG HYUN SUK had contacted singer-turned-trainee , HAN SEO HEE , to (lessen, via intimidation) appease drug allegations (B.I) that occurred in 2016 ... And that YANG HYUN SUK had demanded a (changed statement from HAN SEO HEE = HSH) to appease (illegal drugs allegations about B.I) ... And threatened (HSH , with the goal) to reverse (change) her statements (to Police Investigators).

YANG HYUN SUK admitted to having a conversation with HAN SEO HEE at YG's HQ office, but denied the charges, saying, "I did not threaten her (HSH) to reverse (change) her statement (to Police Investigators)."

However, the Police Investigators concluded , after several cross-examinations (questionings of HAN SEO HEE) , that the allegations of HAN SEO HEE , who is (now) a Public Interest Reporter (Official) , were consistent ... And that indirect evidence supported the HAN SEO HEE allegations about YANG HYUN SUK ... Such as statements of those (other individuals) involved when HAN SEO HEE interacted with YANG HYUN SUK.

The (POLICE) regional investigation unit of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency, which investigated the case, sent the former CEO , YANG HYUN SUK , to the Prosecution last year on charges of threatening

retaliation. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which took over the case from the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, handed over YANG HYUN SUK to trial in May 2021 , after nearly a year of investigation.

[Reporter Park Se-yeon of Star today]

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