Those who watched the actress’ live Instagram broadcast, then helped Yoon Ji-Oh by signing a petition to extend the investigation on Jang Ja-Yeon’s case. I’ll be updating regularly for the update” On her live Instagram broadcast, the actress expressed her disappointment regarding Jang Ja Yeon’s case: “I’m so upset that whenever #JangJaYeon incident issue comes up, there’ll be always another big issue covering.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of support from the people and the media for this case to be resolved and for the truth to be revealed, especially that most media outlets are focusing on another scandal in the entertainment industry, the case was again, close to being temporarily closed.įor almost 3 months since the case has been reopened, no updates regarding the progress of this case has been reported to the public.įeeling helpless to get support for Jang Ja-Yeon’s case to be resolved, Yoon Ji Oh did a live Instagram broadcast just days ago to personally give everyone an update regarding Jang Ja-Yeon’s case. On December 5, 2018, with the help of Yoon Ji Oh-one of the actresses in Boys Over Flowers, it was reported that the authorities will resume investigating Jang Ja Yeon’s case.
The witness revealed that she tried to testify 13 times to the authorities but her testimonies kept on being rejected. The witness added, “Meanwhile, he touched where he shouldn’t.”Īccording to reports, “Cho” is a journalist-turned-politician who used to work as a reporter from one of the popular media outlets in Korea today. Jang Ja-Yeon tried to resist so many times but “Cho” forced her to sit on his lap over and over again. After Jang Ja-Yeon danced on a table, as she stepped down the table, a person named “Cho” forcefully grabbed Jang Ja-Yeon and forced her to sit on his lap. The witness revealed that it happened during the agency head’s birthday party. The witness revealed that she witnessed how Jang Ja-Yeon was sexually assaulted. On July 2018, a witness hiding behind the name “Yoon” revealed her testimony to the public through media interviews. It has been 10 years since Jang Ja-Yeon’s death but the case is still left unresolved. It has been reported that Jang Ja-Yeon wrote on her suicide note that she was forced to have sex with at least 30 powerful men from the government, and from the entertainment industry including media executives, directors, and CEOs. Jang Ja-Yeon left a 7-long page suicide letter where she revealed the names of the powerful and influential men who sexually assaulted her as she was trying to build her promising career in the Korean entertainment industry.
On March 7, 2009, more than 10 years ago, an actress from one of the most successful and popular Korean dramas committed suicide around 4:00 in the afternoon. This is the unresolved suicide and sexual assault case of the Boys Over Flowers actress, Jang Ja-Yeon. While Korean media are busy reporting about the new scandal in the entertainment industry today, another horrifying unresolved case related to sexual assault has been almost forgotten for ten long years.