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Tue, January 26, 2021 | 11:43
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K-pop sex scandal suspects face police probe [PHOTOS]
Posted : 2019-03-14 11:08
Updated : 2019-03-14 19:57
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Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Jung Joon-young looks back as he walks to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu for questioning on Thursday morning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Jung Joon-young answers journalists' questions before entering Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. While keeping his words to a minimum, he said he would "sincerely answer the authority's questions." Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Seungri, former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, walks toward Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday for questioning on charges of sex-for-business favors and illicit drug use. He arrived at the agency about four hours after Jung Joon-young went inside for questioning on charges of filming and distributing sex videos. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, remained silent before journalists in front of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday. He was director of Seoul nightclub Burning Sun in Gangnam-gu, where he allegedly arranged meetings between females and the club's VIP clients that involved drugs and coercive sexual conduct. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Jung Joon-young, third from left in front, charged with illegal filming and distribution of sex videos featuring himself and a variety of women, faces a mass of journalists after arriving at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday morning for questioning. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Seungri bows in apology to the public in front of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu on Thursday. He said little to journalists as he made his way inside the building. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
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