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Jang Ja-yeon’s funeral was held there on 9 March 2009 and was attended by family, friends and fellow actors, including Boys Over Flowers, lead Ku Hye-sun. The Chosun Ilbo later issued a statement saying that it was not their current CEO, Bang Sang-hoon, but their former CEO, whose name has not been revealed.Īpproximately 250,000 fans visited Jang Ja-yeon’s website on the day of her death to express their condolences, with a further 700,000 visiting the site the following day, while the entire cast of Boys Over Flowers paid their last respects at the mourning hall set up at the Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang. However, a partial list of the 31 people involved was widely spread on the internet, including Bang Sang-hoon, CEO of The Chosun Ilbo daily Vice-President of Sports Chosun, Bang Myung-hoon JoongAng Ilbo (“ Central Journal“)’s Director of Advertising, Lee Jae-young Chairman of Kolon, Lee Woong-ryeol Chairman of Lotte, Shin Kyuk-ho former KBS PD, CEO of Olive 9, Go Dae-hwa producer of KBS’s Geumji Ok Yeob, Jun Chang-geun producer for KBS, MBC, SBS, Jung Seho producer for KBS’s Boys Over Flowers, Jun Gi-sang and Broadcasting/Music producer of Playful Kiss, Boys Over Flowers, Perfect Couple and Goong, Song Byung-joon. Later on, it was also reported that the 7-page note might not be directed by Jang Ja-yeon herself.
#THE CASE OF JANG JA YEON FULL#
South Korean police have suppressed the full list. It was unconfirmed that Jang Ja-yeon wrote a 7-page note listing at least 31 names of media executives, CEOs, and directors that she claimed she was forced into having sex with. Kim Sung-hoon, who was in Japan, denied the accusations. Jang Ja-yeon is believed to have killed herself at around 4:30 pm.Īccording to widespread South Korean entertainment news reports, it was believed that Jang Ja-yeon claimed that her agent Kim Sung-hoon had regularly beaten her and forced her to sleep with a string of VIPs, including directors, media executives, and CEOs. A police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide, and found no evidence of foul play. to find her body hanging from the stairway banister. Having later been unable to reach her on the phone, Jang’s sister returned to their shared home at 7:42 p.m. that afternoon, Jang Ja-yeon had complained to her sister about the “ overwhelming stress” she was under, saying that she “ wanted to die“. On 7 March 2009, Jang Ja-yeon was found hanged at her home in the Bundang district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi province.