A member of new boy band RIIZE will be taking an indefinite hiatus.
On Wednesday (November 22), SM Entertainment released a statement announcing that Seunghan, 20, will be taking a hiatus from his activities, following a previous controversy over leaked photos.
“Hello, I’m SM Entertainment. “This is a notice about RIIZE’s Seunghan,” the statement began via Soompi.
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“Seunghan feels very sorry and is reflecting on himself for causing disappointment and shock not only to the team and members but also to fans due to issues related to his personal life that have recently been leaked and circulated through social media. and online communities. “Seunghan feels mental pressure and responsibility regarding this, so after deep contemplation, he conveyed his intention to stop the team’s activities.”
“We also consider that it is very difficult for him to continue his activities through this situation, and respecting his opinion of no longer wanting to cause harm to the team and members, we decided to indefinitely suspend his activities. Therefore, RIIZE will promote with six members excluding Seunghan starting today (November 22),” the agency explained.
“It is an abrupt situation, but we ask for the generous understanding of the fans, since it is a matter that was decided through careful discussion with the artist himself, and we feel a great responsibility for not paying attention to the artist’s management, although it was before of his debut. . Once again we deeply apologize to the fans. However, the videos and photos that are leaking and circulating were taken in his personal time during his trainee days before his debut, and were played multiple times to cause misunderstandings through deliberate secondary editing, such as taking screenshots of a video of which the source can be specified.”
“Furthermore, the people who leak and circulate these videos and photos even use malicious means to create baseless false information and messenger conversations that do not exist, continuing acts of severe defamation towards the artist by spreading fabricated and distorted information that is different. of the truth. We started monitoring immediately after recognizing the above situation and specified who was behind the leaks and unauthorized circulation after collecting a significant amount of evidence. We plan to file a legal complaint this afternoon at the local police station,” SM added.
“In addition, we are considering additional legal action against the specified individual not only for defaming the artist through unauthorized leaks and circulation, but also for various illegal acts such as cybercrimes and threats. For the sake of the artist and the team, as well as the fans who love the team, the agency will not only file legal complaints but will also respond vigorously, without any agreement or leniency, to all forms of secondary damage, such as generating, circulating and play. additional posts about thoughtless rumors about the artist. We will continue to do our best for the protection of our agency’s artists. Thank you.”
In August, a photo of him kissing a woman circulated online, followed by a video of him allegedly smoking in the street. He also wrote an apology to fans on the same day of the hiatus announcement.
The band also changed their fandom name due to the controversy.
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