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Yesterday, OMEGA X‘s firm, IPQ, launched a press release refuting allegations of sexual assault made in opposition to member Hwichan by former Spire Leisure CEO Kang Seong Hee. Whereas what she alleges deserves to be handled critically, given her earlier habits with the members and her personal sexual assault allegations, IPQ’s clarification of occasions appeared affordable (learn concerning the abuse controversy right here).
Including on to their clarification, IPQ launched an in depth and prolonged assertion at present, going point-by-point to push again in opposition to Spire’s narrative, together with offering textual content messages and different proof to again them.
First, they deal with the circumstances of the video that was revealed, saying it was a compelled gathering.
1. The ingesting get together revealed within the CCTV was to not relieve the concerns of the members who had been issued army enlistment warrants however was compelled by the high-ranking executives within the firm as typical.
In line with SPIRE Leisure’s declare, on July 11, 2022, member Hwichan attended a ingesting get together to precise his worries about army enlistment and requested a separate assembly with former CEO Kang Sung Hee. Nonetheless, opposite to the declare, Hwichan’s army enlistment warrant was truly issued on August 1, 2022, and he was notified of his mid-September enlistment date. The day of the ingesting get together was earlier than the warrant was even issued. Saying that they had been there to resolve his “post-warrant worries” proves that the declare is fake.
The ingesting get together that began on the night of July 10 was to not hearken to the members’ worries however was compelled to console Kang Sung Hee, who was upset saying that the members didn’t perceive her efforts to extend album gross sales after its launch. Additionally, through the ingesting get together that continued till daybreak on July 11, it may be confirmed by the connected supplies under that CEO Hwang Sung Woo confirmed actions of waking up members who had been sleeping within the dorm to make them drink, proving that it was not a spot to only hearken to the members’ worries.
Member 1: Sebin is sleeping
Member 2: Okay
Member 3: How about CEO Kang?
Member 2: We’re by the GS (comfort retailer)
Member 1: CEO Kang is speaking to Hwichan proper now
Member 4: CEO Kang is talking with Hwichan on the firm.
Member 1: Oh no haha
Member 5: Chairman is saying that he’ll wake everybody up and make them drink?
Member 1: Ah. Fall asleep everybody. I’ll go myself at present.
They go on to state that these compelled gatherings had been nothing new, and that the July eleventh incident in query was an instance of what the members had been subjected to.
2. We inform you concerning the frequent ingesting events compelled by senior executives, steady verbal abuse and bodily assault, gaslighting, calls for for affectionate expressions and bodily contact, and coercive attitudes towards the members.
As talked about above, Kang Sung Hee and Hwang Sung Woo compelled the members to attend ingesting events a number of instances throughout their contract interval. As well as, the members skilled extreme psychological stress attributable to years of steady gaslighting and coercive habits. They had been stuffed with concern of retaliation, resembling being excluded from album actions or going through restrictions on styling and promotions, in the event that they prevented extreme calls for of affectionate expressions and bodily contact from Kang Sung Hee or didn’t comply obediently together with her calls for.
We wish to inform you concerning the scenario on July 11 inside this ambiance.
On July 11, which the CCTV footage was revealed of, regardless of it being previous 2 a.m., Hwang Sung Woo insisted on additionally ingesting with the members who had been resting or sleeping on the dorm, even persevering with the compelled ingesting session on the dorm. SPIRE Leisure defined this as an event to hearken to Hwichan’s issues about his enlistment, nevertheless it is mindless that Hwichan shared issues forward of his enlistment when his warrant had not even been issued but. As well as, in response to the testimonies of the members and the previous supervisor who had been current on the time, it was Kang Sung Hee who demanded a personal assembly with Hwichan.
After the workers and different members excluding Hwichan left, Kang Sung Hee demanded extreme affectionate expressions and bodily contact from Hwichan, and as nobody else was current, Hwichan had no option to obey as he was terrified of the threatening phrases and verbal abuse or bodily assault that will happen if he didn’t comply. Regardless of SPIRE Leisure referring to this as “indecent act by compulsion,” the revealed CCTV footage doesn’t present any indicators of compulsion in Hwichan’s actions nor does it present refusal from the opposite particular person. It may be seen [through this footage] that there have been calls for by Kang Sung Hee who commonly compelled affectionate expressions and bodily contact and that there have been no expressions of refusal or indicators of compulsion as a result of they’re calls for she made herself. After being coerced to make bodily contact a number of instances, Hwichan fell asleep whereas intoxicated. Kang Sung Hee then took a photograph of Hwichan sleeping and even despatched it to the supervisor and dissuaded the supervisor who mentioned they’d choose Hwichan up, saying that she would take him personally, which is an motion that contradicts the narrative of her being a sufferer of his “indecent act by compulsion.”
Nonetheless, even after Hwichan fell asleep, Kang Sung Hee continued to yell that he get up and persevered in demanding affectionate gestures and bodily contact, sustaining a coercive angle. Feeling overwhelmed by concern and stress attributable to extended gaslighting in addition to a way of disgrace in having to hold out extreme bodily contact with an organization government of comparable age to his mother and father, Hwichan fled to the primary ground of the corporate constructing. Nonetheless, within the course of, he tripped on the steps, sustaining accidents and being unable to face again up. Kang Sung Hee then approached Hwichan, who was mendacity on the bottom beneath the steps unable to maneuver, and carried out unusual actions together with stepping on his head and dancing in entrance of him. Hwichan, stuffed with concern, used all of his effort and escaped to the first-floor restroom, however Kang Sung Hee continued following him and shouting, inflicting him psychological and bodily misery.
This case continued till previous 5 a.m., and the previous supervisor and member Kevin, who had been anxious about Hwichan not returning house till late after the ingesting get together began, returned to the corporate round 5:45 a.m. and located Kang Sung Hee, who was taking an image of herself in entrance of the mirror within the first ground foyer of the corporate constructing, and Hwichan, who was hiding within the toilet with the door locked. The photograph of Kang Sung Hee that she took herself in entrance of the mirror on the time will also be checked by a publish uploaded on her Fb account.
Moreover, they reject that they made any plans to go away based mostly on this incident, or that they did any kind of unlawful recording consequently.
3. It’s utterly false that the members started to lose belief within the company beginning with the incident on July 11, 2022 and that they recorded audio and filmed illegally to create a pretext.
The verbal abuse, bodily violence, coercive habits, and calls for for affectionate expressions towards OMEGA X members by Kang Sung Hee and Hwang Sung Woo weren’t filmed below a fabricated scenario after a particular time however had been extended situations of abuse of energy as revealed a number of instances by images and movies. We possess quite a few information of conversations between the members and Kang Sung Hee and Hwang Sung Woo which date again to earlier than July 11, 2022, and please observe that we plan to individually launch the related information with further proof that has not been made public earlier than. Please perceive that that is merciless further hurt to deal with the efforts made by 11 younger people, who labored onerous to not lose sight of their desires after incomes a treasured second likelihood, to let the world know after withstanding the following verbal abuse and assault for a very long time as merely a “pretext” to go away the company.
They conclude by explaining that the Jaehan assault case in opposition to Kang Seong Hee has certainly been forwarded to the prosecution, and so they name on Spire to supply the complete CCTV footage from the day of the incident and the day following with the intention to get a full context of issues.
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Once more, whereas the character of the costs dictate that they need to be taken critically, IPQ’s clarification matches the previous SPIRE CEO’s documented sample of habits. None of that is new, it’s been public for months, and now they’ve supplied much more proof for it. Maybe extra will emerge, or the complete video (if it’s ever revealed) will present one thing IPQ doesn’t anticipate, however in the intervening time it definitely seems to be like they revealed a specifically-edited, out-of-context video in a determined try to show public opinion in some way. And if it seems that’s the case, it sucks particularly unhealthy that she’s gone this route contemplating the already poisonous surroundings surrounding sexual crimes in Korea, particularly given her place as an government.
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