"The first time this happened since the airport was established"Byeon Woo-seok "Excessive Kyung-ho" Apology → The National Assembly is in turmoil following the launch of an internal investigation
Jul 18, 2024
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Lee Hak-jae, president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, attended the plenary session of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on the 17th and had time to explain the recent controversy over the celebrity's 'excessive security' at the airport.
Earlier on the 12th, Byun Woo-seok was embroiled in an excessive security controversy while departing for Hong Kong through Incheon International Airport for the '2024 Asian Fan Meeting Tour 'SUMMER LETTER\'. At that time, the guards of the private security company, which was in charge of Byun Woo-seok's security, were in front of the gate when fans flocked to see Byun Woo-seok and reporters gathered to capture him. I'll control the gate. He threatened to control it for 10 minutes and blocked the gate from entering for 10 minutes after Byun Woo-seok arrived. Some bodyguards were seen forcibly closing the gate's automatic door on reporters' cameras.
On top of that, a second controversy arose when Byun Woo-seok visited the Korean Air lounge to wait until boarding a plane after completing immigration. While Byun was using the lounge, the bodyguard stopped contacting Byun Woo-suk by shooting a strong flash at other users using the lounge, and the fact that he also inspected his passport and flight ticket by blocking users who visited the lounge or the duty-free delivery center on the same floor earlier increased public anger. Passports and flight ticket inspections of general users are arbitrary actions by private security companies, not cooperation from airport police, and there is room for obstruction of business and coercion under the criminal law.
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Later, Byeon Woo-seok's agency Baro Entertainment, instead of the security company, requested that the company stop acting after recognizing the behavior of the bodyguard who flashed a flash at airport users. We could not recognize the gate, flight ticket, and detailed security situation on the site, but we felt moral responsibility for all unsavory matters in the process of carrying out security, and we bow down and apologize to the users who felt uncomfortable.
The Incheon International Airport Police launched an investigation, or internal investigation, into whether there is room for obstruction of business and coercion under the criminal law against six bodyguards of Byun Woo-seok's private security company.
As the controversy continued, the controversy over Byun Woo-seok's 'excessive security' was mentioned until the National Assembly meeting. Rep. Jeon Yong-ki of the Democratic Party of Korea told Lee Hak-jae, `Who is responsible for the controversy over excessive security of celebrities? What was lacking in Incheon Airport? Didn't the celebrity's security team and the airport have any prior consultation when they knew the security company would come?" he criticized. In addition, "It is said to be a short time, but it controlled the gate and prohibited airport users from entering." It is a problem that the security company did not control such a security company and did not take any action even though it not only illuminated the eyes of the users with a flash, but also inspected the ticket himself.
In response, President Lee Hak-jae said, `It seems that there was a consultation between the security company and the police without consulting with us. Mainly, the construction is a way of receiving police notification."
In addition, President Lee Hak-jae said, `It is actually the first time this has happened since the airport was established. Therefore, it is also true that they failed to predict the controversy in advance and come up with measures. Many celebrities go abroad a year, but there has never been a case where private security responds with excessive security like now. We will take countermeasures in the wake of this incident,' he said.
Then "It is the illegal act of a private security company. It was a ridiculous overprotection. Obviously, it was wrong to control the gate without permission, and we plan to hold it accountable for it firmly,' he said, hinting at a hard-line response.
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