Seungri Plans New Entertainment Business in China Amid Controversy
Apr 02, 2025
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On the 2nd, a media outlet reported that Seungri left Korea for China last month. I'm planning an entertainment business, and I'm planning to make the most of my connections. In fact, Seungri is said to have lost his relationship with the members of Big Bang, but he is known to have maintained most of his other friendships.
Seungri was cited as the main culprit behind Burning Sun Gate in 2019. He was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on nine charges, including habitual gambling, prostitution, prostitution mediation, punishment of sexual violence crimes, violation of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act, violation of the Food Sanitation Act, embezzlement in business, violation of the law on aggravated punishment of certain economic crimes, and special assault teacher.
In the process, the possibility of a connection between victory and the triad was raised. Seungri was suspected of being the real owner of the Gangnam club Burning Sun. Taiwanese Lin Samo, who was closely related to him, was an investor who owned a 20% stake in Burning Sun. Suspicions have been raised that Lee Lin-samo laundered funds through Burning Sun while holding a gambling business with the hands of a Chinese gang triad. As a result, suspicions arose that Seung-ri might have some connection with the triad.
It is a victory that has chosen to do business in China, leaving the controversy behind, but public opinion in China is also not good. Seungri held an event last month at a club in Hangzhou, China, where Chinese authorities expressed displeasure, saying, `It is a provocation of China's legal system and morality that Seungri, who has a criminal record, does business in China.'
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