New Jeans Hani appears in the National Assembly today.
Hani will appear as a reference at the parliamentary inspection of the Environment and Labor Committee on the 15th. The move is aimed at testifying with Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of the agency, about workplace harassment following the parent company's Hive dispute.
On the 9th, Hani told NewsGene's fan communication platform Forning, "I've decided. I'm going to the National Assembly. I will go to the parliamentary audit alone," he said.
He then said to his fans, "You don't have to worry," adding, "I'm going out for myself and the members. And I decided to go out for 'Verniz' (Newzins fandom)," he said.
Hani said, "I don't know the manager and the company (agency) yet," adding, "I've thought a lot about it, but I think it's right to go out."
Earlier, Hani was waiting in the hallway of Hive's office building and claimed that another group manager within Hive saw him and said, "Ignore you," and that he was being ostracized within the agency.
Afterwards, Hive said that the manager Hani mentioned was the manager of the girl group Eyelet, belonging to Bilibrap (a label under Hive), and Bilibrap confronted that Hani's claim was not true after CCTV and investigation of the person concerned.
As the controversy grew, Hani was selected as a reference to the parliamentary audit, and Kim Joo-young, the CEO of the agency, Adore, was selected as a witness on the same day.
New Jeans fans said they will file a complaint with the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul against Kim Joo-young, the vice president of Airdore, Park Tae-hee, the CCO (Communications Director), and Cho Mo-hive, the head of public relations.
New Jin's fans said, "CEO Kim Joo-young and Deputy CEO Lee are accused of breach of duty and obstruction of work against Audor," adding, "CCO Park Tae-hee and Director Cho are accused of violating the Personal Information Protection Act, violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, and violating the Act on the Prohibition of Illegal Solicitation and Receipt of Money."
It also claims that CEO Kim and Deputy CEO Lee did not actively take action against infringing and interfering with Newzins' entertainment activities and interfered with future music work by downplaying the demands of members for adore development, which caused damage to the company. He also claimed that CCO Park and Director Cho were suspected of malicious personal information theft and illegal leakage and provision.
Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.
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