Convicted TV personality heads for China
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Amy / Korea Times file
TV personality Amy, who was ordered to leave Korea after being found guilty of drug abuse, will move to China from the U.S. in late February.
She will appear on a Chinese television program, the details of which have yet to be fixed, local media reports.
Amy, 34, whose Korean name is Lee Yoon-ji, told local media that she would leave for China soon, where she plans to return to the small screen after months of introspection and contemplation.
“After I was ordered to leave Korea, I did a lot of thinking and regretting,” she said. “Now my mind and body have recovered to some extent, and I am no longer having trouble sleeping.
“I want to prove myself worthy to my family by returning to my job.”
Amy left for Los Angeles through Incheon International Airport on Dec. 30 last year after the Seoul High Court dismissed the Korean-American suit against the head of the Korea Immigration Service.
Immigration ordered Amy to leave Korea for violating drug laws a second time after receiving a suspended jail term for abusing the psychotropic drug propofol in November 2012.
In March 2014, Amy was fined 5 million won for taking zolpidem, a common prescription drug that induces sleep, without a prescription.
The immigration office had ordered her to leave Korea by March 27, but she rejected the order and filed a suit.