

South Korean police have suppressed the full list. Jang left a 7-page note listing at least 31 names of media executives, CEOs, and directors that she claimed she was forced into having sex with. Kim Sung-hoon, who was in Japan, denied the accusations. Īccording to South Korean reports, Jang claimed that her agent Kim Sung-hoon had regularly beaten her and forced her to have sex with a string of VIPs, including directors, media executives and CEOs. An alleged suicide note left by Jang describes how she was beaten and forced to entertain and have sex with several program directors, CEOs and media executives, causing considerable debate about relations in the entertainment industry, as well as a police probe into her management agency. Jang is believed to have killed herself at around 4:30 p.m. Ī police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide, and found no evidence of foul play. to find her body hanging from the stairway banister. Having later been unable to reach her on the phone, Jang's sister returned to their shared home at 7:42 p.m. that afternoon, Jang had complained to her sister about the "overwhelming stress" she was under, saying that she "wanted to die". Jang Ja-yeon was found hanged at her home in the Bundang district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi province, on 7 March 2009.

Prior to her own death, Jang had been suffering from clinical depression and had received medical treatment for her illness during the past year. Since the death of her parents in a traffic accident in 1999, Jang had been living with her older sister and younger brother. In her seven-page suicide note, the actress alleged her management regularly beat her and demanded she submit to ongoing sexual exploitation with industry professionals and cultural elites, naming almost two dozen executives. Jang was known to have had difficulties with her management agency. At the time of her death, Jang was awaiting the release of her first two films, They Are Coming and Penthouse Elephant. Her big break came in Boys Over Flowers playing the role of Sunny, one of a trio of girls who antagonise the female lead played by Ku Hye-sun. Jang made her debut in 2006 in a television commercial. Her death caused a national scandal when it emerged that she had been sexually and physically abused by a number of prominent entertainment executives during her career, and that this abuse had contributed to her depression. She had been suffering from depression, and a police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide.
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At the time of her death at the age of 27, Jang had been starring in the KBS television drama series Boys Over Flowers. Jang Ja-yeon ( Hangul : 장자연 25 January 1982 – 7 March 2009) was a South Korean actress. Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea Bastard of a judge, you better fix that 24 million won fine into a 24 year jail sentence.This is a Korean name the family name is Jang. And I hope that police who said that she probably voluntarily provided those services is thrown in jail too.ĩ. I don't know why women's organizations aren't doing anything. Is this a joke? Why won't they release the names of the bastards who received the service?Ĩ. I feel like Jang Ja Yeon would be so regretful and angry to know that her scandal was buried under 24 million won ã…ħ. In China, sexual criminals are given the death sentence. Judges are just as bad as the men who made her do it. Would the judge like it if they tossed his family 20 million won after he died? The laws in this country, I swear.Ĥ. Why won't they release the names of who they forced her to provide services to?ģ.

Can you really trade 24 million won for someone's life.Ģ. Article: "Admitted that he forced the late Jang Ja Yeon to provide drinking services.
