Min Hee-jin "Obstruction of business, defamation"vs hive "Response without intention"Again, mud fight

Jul 24, 2024

 Min Hee-jin 'Obstruction of business, defamation'vs hive 'Response without intention'Again, mud fight
Dore Min Hee-jin, CEO (left), and former CEO of Hive Park Ji-won. Sports Chosun DB, Photo courtesy =Hive



While CEO Audor Min Hee-jin sued five major executives of Hive, the parent company, he hinted that Hive would also respond with false accusations.

Hive said in its official position on the 24th that `"We inform you of the allegations made by CEO Min Hee-jin and Adore today by suing Hive's management as follows" he said.

CEO Min Hee-jin has not submitted any information assets, including laptops, to Hive so far. The two deputy representatives submitted their information assets with their own consent. We did not forcibly acquire it,' he said, refuting Min's claim.



"We have already told the court on the date of the provisional interrogation that CEO Min Hee-jin had never forensically revealed the laptop he had returned in the past." CEO Min Hee-jin sent a number of business data, including conversation records with shamans, to his Hive business email account, which remained on our server. The email's external recipient was identified as a high-ranking official of partner company B."

In the meantime, CEO Min Hee-jin agreed to process personal information at the time of joining Hive, and has already disclosed this information on the date of the provisional interrogationHe stressed that he will respond to CEO Min Hee-jin and others who sued him with false information despite revealing the circumstances of the entrance several times.



 Min Hee-jin 'Obstruction of business, defamation'vs hive 'Response without intention'Again, mud fight
Earlier, CEO Min Hee-jin's legal representative, Sejong, said he filed a complaint with Yongsan Police Station in Seoul against five Hive executives on charges of obstruction of business, detection of electronic records and other contents, infringement of information and communication networks, and defamation. Those subject to the complaint include CEO Park Ji-won, audit committee chairman Lim Soo-hyun, chief legal officer Chung Jin-soo, chief financial officer Lee Kyung-joon and chief communications officer Park Tae-hee.

The complaint reportedly included that Hive forcibly acquired a work PC in the process of conducting an audit of Min to secure personal messenger content, and used it to create negative public opinion about Min by editing and distorting personal conversations.



In this regard, representative Min repeated numerous times that they leaked illegally acquired personal information without permission and falsely edited it as they intended"In 2022, CEO Min took over at Adore and illegally acquired personal conversations, not work, by forensically performing the laptop that was returned after initialization."

Regarding the background of the complaint, "We have asked several times to stop doing things that harm artists and adore members and cause confusion to the public, but illegal activities have continued until recently."The decision was made because the damage could no longer be neglected" he explained.

 Min Hee-jin 'Obstruction of business, defamation'vs hive 'Response without intention'Again, mud fight
Lee Jae-sang, the nominee for the new CEO of Hive. Photo courtesy =Hive
Meanwhile, Hive announced the resignation of CEO Park Ji-won and announced that Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Lee Jae-sang has been appointed as the new CEO. They said they plan to formally appoint Lee Jae-sang as their CEO after a general meeting of shareholders and a resolution by the board of directors.



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