Song Min-ho is charged with violating the Military Service Act...Possibility of cancellation of convocation

Dec 26, 2024

Song Min-ho is charged with violating the Military Service Act...Possibility of cancellation of convocation



Song Min-ho of the group WINNER has been booked for violating the Military Service Act.

Mapo Police Station booked Song Min-ho as a suspect after receiving an investigation request from the Military Manpower Administration on the 23rd. The police will review the request for investigation by the Military Manpower Administration and determine whether Song Min-ho violated the Military Service Act.

Song Min-ho began his alternative service as a social service worker in March last year. However, suspicions of Song Min-ho's poor service were raised on the 17th.




A media outlet reported that Song Min-ho did not go to Mapo residents' convenience facility properly even after traveling to Hawaii for five nights and six days in October. He also raised suspicions of manipulating work, saying that it is a system that records commuting by hand, so it can be manipulated at the discretion of the person in charge.

Song Min-ho's agency, YG Entertainment, explained that `Details related to artist service cannot be confirmed,' but"sick leave was for treatment purposes and other vacations were used in accordance with regulations.'

The head of the facility also denied the allegations, saying that Song Min-ho was classified as an early discharger because he was in such a bad condition that he thought of depression and panic disorder, but he had been working with a strong will to do entertainment activities.




Song Min-ho is charged with violating the Military Service Act...Possibility of cancellation of convocation
However, additional testimony came out from colleagues who worked with Song Min-ho as social service personnel. Colleagues claimed that Song Min-ho only went to work two to three times a month, and even if he went to work, he would lie down half-way with his AirPods on and play games. The facility also said that Song Min-ho was excluded from receiving civil complaints, one of the main tasks, because people knew his voice because he was a celebrity.

At the same time, public opinion worsened seriously with allegations that Song Min-ho received preferential treatment, such as changing his workplace and commuting in a supercar due to panic disorder and adaptation problems with new managers.

Meanwhile, Song Min-ho was released from the call-up on the 23rd, but netizens filed a complaint with the police to investigate Song Min-ho's alleged violation of the Military Service Act through the National Newspaper, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon also ordered an emergency investigation into the service of social service personnel targeting the Seoul Metropolitan Government and its affiliated organizations.




The Military Manpower Administration also launched an investigation, but decided that the police investigation would be more accurate, so they decided to ask the police to investigate instead of their own investigation. The Military Manpower Administration is said to be in the position that if the police investigation confirms that there was a problem with Song Min-ho's service attitude, even if the convocation was lifted, it should cancel the cancellation and re-service for the duration of the problem.



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