Burning Sun's first tipster, who has been suffering for five years, said, "The police are trying to make me a criminal..."
Jul 01, 2024
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MBC 'PD Notebook', which will be broadcast on the 2nd, will cover in-depth the Burning Sun investigation process.
Burning Sun incident that shook South Korea in 2019. The shock and anger toward Burning Sun Gate were recalled as figures who were involved in Burning Sun were released one after another and overseas documentaries on sex crimes by K-pop stars were released. Why are we angry again.
"It's a place where a lot of people come and go. It's not a quiet back alley. The assault there means that you don't care about the eyes around you. How many other victims are there besides him?"
- MBC reporter Lee Moon-hyun, who first reported Burning Sun Gate
The trigger for Burning Sun Gate was the assault damage of Kim Sang-kyo, 27, at the time. After being indiscriminately assaulted by Burning Sun officials, he reported to 112. However, Kim Sang-kyo claims that the police arrested the caller and that he was assaulted in the process. Since then, a massive investigation has begun on the fate of the police organization since the allegations of drugs, sex crimes, tax evasion and collusion with police were revealed at clubs in Gangnam, including Burning Sun. The case of graft assault of the first informant forgotten in the process. MBC 'PD Notebook' looked at the investigation process related to Burning Sun, which the whole nation paid attention to at the time.
▶ The initial informant investigation, which was longer than the Burning Sun investigation. Why was he treated like a liar?
The first day I went to Burning Sun on November 24, 2018, completely changed Kim Sang-kyo's life. He became a suspect after being caught up in more than a dozen complaints, including obstruction of business against police and clubs, assault, obstruction of justice against police, and defamation. Five years of endless investigations and trials.
"The police tried to make me a criminal, and the best sex offender in Korea." If it was one-on-one, it would have been less unfair"
- Kim Sang-kyo, the first informant of Burning Sun
Kim Sang-kyo, who received a complaint for sexual harassment shortly after the police demanded an investigation into the alleged graft assault. The women were employees of Burning Sun Club or acquaintances of the club. The police investigation process went in a completely different direction from Kim Sang-kyo's wishes. Why wasn't the investigation done properly? Let's go back to the starting point of Burning Sun Gate and look back on the suspicions raised by Kim Sang-kyo.
▶ Victims who went directly to find the perpetrator of GHB sexual assault, why?
"I felt so strongly that no matter how much I told them I was damaged, they wouldn't believe me. ... My feeling was just 'I'm going to investigate with a fixed answer'"
- Lee Minjung (pseudonym)
Lee Min-jung (pseudonym) revealed to the world the damage of GHB drug sexual assault that occurred in Burning Sun for the first time. Despite his courageous accusation, the punishment of the perpetrator has been unknown for five years. The perpetrator who still lives as a successful businessman in Thailand and the victim who has suffered for five years at the time of Interpol's redemption. Why couldn't the Gangnam Police Station properly investigate the perpetrators of sexual violence.
'PD Notebook' looks back on the Burning Sun incident by looking at the 180-degree different investigation process of the two incidents that took place in Burning Sun at the same time.
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