Okay-Pop Icon G-Dragon Faces Police Inquiry Relating to Drug Use Allegations

SOUTH KOREA: Police in South Korea have detained G-Dragon, a.ok.a. Kwon Ji-Yong, the previous frontman of BigBang, on suspicion of utilizing unlawful medication. This occurred within the midst of various high-profile drug instances dealt with by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s conservative administration.

Rapper and singer-songwriter G-Dragon refuted claims that he used medication whereas being questioned, saying that the 4 hours of questioning produced a unfavorable drug check.

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“There isn’t any fact to (the accusation of) unlawful drug-related crime,” he stated.

Shares of some Okay-pop firms, together with YG Leisure, Kwon’s earlier company, dropped after the claims turned public in late October, though they’ve since recovered.

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The police station in Incheon that questioned G-Dragon is identical one the place Parasite actor Lee Solar-kyun was additionally interrogated over the weekend. Lee stated that he had supplied the most effective solutions doable to all of their inquiries, however he wouldn’t touch upon drug use.

In response to the current drug-related arrests of celebrities and heirs to the chaebol, South Korea has stepped up its marketing campaign on medication and customs inspections.

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Drug rehab advocates declare that social media and worldwide journey have made the nation’s strict drug legal guidelines—which carry a most 14-year jail sentence for repeat offenders—much more extreme. BigBang members have been charged with crimes earlier than, together with G-Dragon.

For utilizing marijuana in 2017, T.O.P. additionally known as Choi Seung-hyun, was given a suspended 10-month jail sentence. After being discovered responsible of conspiring to evade taxes, bribe, and have interaction in prostitution in 2021, Seungri, additionally going by Lee Seung-hyun, was given an 18-month jail sentence.

With G-Dragon and 4 different members pursuing separate careers, BigBang, a Okay-pop group, has dominated the trade since 2006.

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