He asked Jang to make the list to assist two actors of his agency who were in a legal battle against their former agency, The Content Entertainment. The police investigated the list and concluded that Jang listed those names upon request from her acquaintance known only by his initial Y who founded an entertainment agency. Days after her death, a four-page note the actress allegedly wrote before she died was made public by the media.Īccording to the note, Jang was forced to provide sexual services to prominent politicians, business moguls, the publishers of major newspapers and influential figures in show business. The police concluded the actress committed suicide. Jang was found dead at her home in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on March 7, 2009. Yoon, a Korean-Canadian model and actress who also once belonged to The Content Entertainment and was close to Jang, published her memoir "The 13th Testimony" about the late actress based on her memories on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of her death. The two stars popped up on the internet after fellow actress Yoon Ji Oh put pressure on them to break their silence regarding the so-called "Jang Ja Yeon list." Lee, 58, and Song, 44, once belonged to the same agency ? The Content Entertainment which was also a management agency for Jang before the actress committed suicide in 2009.
The two stars are facing calls to share what they know about Jang's death.
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Moon mentioned two cold cases ? actress Jang's death and the 2013 sex scandal involving former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak Eui ? plus the scandal around K-pop star Seungri's Burning Sun nightclub, as three exemplary cases that have left the public wanting more information.Īfter Moon directed a thorough reinvestigation of the three cases, Lee and Song became the most-searched names on Naver, the largest internet portal in South Korea. "Those cases have two things in common ? influential people are involved and the prosecution and the police intentionally didn't dig out the truth." The public believes suspicions remain and there are numerous questions unanswered," Moon said yesterday. "There are cases where the truth was buried as investigators intentionally covered them up or didn't do their job properly. Two actresses, Lee Mi Sook and Song Seon Mi, are being pressured to break their silence today, a day after President Moon Jae In singled out actress Jang Ja Yeon's death as one of three cases that need thorough reinvestigation to unearth the truth and bring justice, the Korea Times reports. Actress and model Yoon Ji Oh, center, and women's rights activists protest in front of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul last Friday, to urge the government to reinvestigate the death of fellow actress Jang Ja Yeon.
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