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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:46 am    Post subject: Pop singer investigated for drugs Reply with quote

Police said yesterday they are investigating a famous pop singer and a producer on charges of drug use.
The singer, identified only by the initial K, and the DJ-turned-producer, identified only as H, are charged, respectively, with using marijuana and MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

Both undertook a drug test at the National Police Agency and acknowledged the charges after the tests proved positive, police said.

Another singer from a four-woman group, identified as S, is also suspected of using drugs and was summoned by police, but she strongly denied the charge. Her urine test, taken after she was interrogated on Feb. 22, reportedly was negative but police said they had requested further examination by the National Institute of Scientific Investigation.

Since popular entertainers are involved, an official said police investigations are being handled prudently. "Whether an arrest warrant will be requested will be decided next week and if further investigation reveals that both have taken drugs regularly, it is likely that they will be arrested," the official said.

The management company for the female band released a statement yesterday saying the drug allegation against the band member is groundless. It noted the urine test was negative and said reports of further drug tests are untrue.

Police also said three nonentertainers have been arrested, including one for supplying drugs, while seven others are being investigated.


of course the non stars have already been arrested!
reason why the stars havent been arrested yet?
the girl band? emmmm wonder who it is...
anyway they should all get busted.. becuase many have in the past.
and its only fair!!

too bad there was no foreigner involved, then they could have just blamed him and said the foreigner forced them to take drugs!
hahahaha
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NO! I wouldnt buy drugs off anyone!
If I was going to do drugs I sure as hell wouldnt tell anyone!
those haahahahah entertainers hahahahah probably all felt like they were PUFFY for a day, trying to be all hard hanging with tiny bopper girl bands smoking weed thinking MTV CRIBS is gonna show up at their door!
hahahahaha those korean entertainers are NOTHING!! compared to the ones back home.. kinda pity them really.. they aint driving around town in the tricked out beemas, lambos, drinking cyrstal! and booking out nightclubs for parties full of HOS
they living in Dreamland!
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skinhead



Joined: 11 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very artful. Very Happy You'd tell me, maaaaai-T? I can keep a secret.
Where in the world am I gunna score this week? I've got 5 days off and I just ran out of head. I hate leaf, resin and stem, so looks like it's down to SBS I go for an elicit jar of Kim Hee Sun's piss. Which bus to Youido from here?
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

skinhead wrote:
Very artful. Very Happy You'd tell me, maaaaai-T? I can keep a secret.
Where in the world am I gunna score this week? I've got 5 days off and I just ran out of head. I hate leaf, resin and stem, so looks like it's down to SBS I go for an elicit jar of Kim Hee Sun's piss. Which bus to Youido from here?


dont think it was Kim hee sun mate!..
she is an actress...

yeah cheers mate! if goldern showers are your thing hahahahaha
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cjonlee



Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do you know there isn't a foreigner in the group already arrested? Wouldn't that blow a hole in your whole scapegoating theory?
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desultude



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, thanks for my word of the day! Cool one!

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...glossolalia, (glos��la��le) (KEY) [Gr.,=speaking in tongues], ecstatic utterances usually of unintelligible sounds made by individuals in a state of religious excitement....

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...Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes. 2. See gift of tongues. New Latin :...


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...unknown to the speaker, especially as an expression of religious ecstasy. Also called glossolalia, speaking in tongues. From the Apostles' speaking in tongues in...


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trigger123



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when you read IWG's posts, do you like me, imagine a maniacal loon cackling away with his finger stuck on !!!!!!! and CAPS LOCK?
respect to you IWG, although i hope your tourettes clears up soon
HAHAhahahAHAHahaha!!!!
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Randall Flagg



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

trigger123 wrote:
when you read IWG's posts, do you like me, imagine a maniacal loon cackling away with his finger stuck on !!!!!!! and CAPS LOCK?
respect to you IWG, although i hope your tourettes clears up soon
HAHAhahahAHAHahaha!!!!


No.
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the eye



Joined: 29 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

remember a few years ago when the pop singer 'PSY' was pinched for drugs?
he was ratted on by someone who knew his business.
the police coerced him to submit to a drug test through threats of a higher penalty if he refused and subsequently proven guilty.

my theory is that pop stars are exposed to keep their progressive values from influencing society. all those soju breathing cavemen don't want to give up the easy life just yet.


as for the law...
police are required to show you a warrant signed by a judge, before they submit you to a urine or DNA test. often, threats or coersion are used to frighten the subject into submitting.
warrants are easily obtainable in this country, however. all it takes is 2 independant accusations for a judge to issue one... or 1 peice of hard evidence.

the police can detain you for 72 hours without granting you access to a lawyer or any phone calls.

as for penalties....
EFL-Law wrote:
Had lunch with one of the Judges from the District Court who handles criminal cases.

Recent drug busts (marijuana) have seen the following the result-

Simple possession first offence in Korea
Conviction.
No financial penalty.
Deportation.

3 weeks in the lock up whilst the system organizes your departure from Korea.


don't bet on things to remain so easy for long, though.
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paperbag princess



Joined: 07 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why are people so hung up on drugs? alcohol is actually the most toxic drug out there. did you know that the only drug withdrawl that can actually kill you is alcohol? my friend works in an addiction clinic back home and she says the people who have the hardest time are the alcoholics, as it's socially acceptable and intensely hard to quit.
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skinhead



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite right, PP. I certainly don't condone the use of legal or illegal substances where they can *beep* up a person's life. So many people reach for these things because their lives are already fucked up, and that's fucked up but understandable.

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alcohol is actually the most toxic drug out there.


Yes the statistics are not good. However, prohibition is an impossible alternative. You just factor in the inevitable criminal element to the procuring process when you do that. Korea is very much an analgesic society, same as any other. For the record, I'd like to see Korean school age education address the issue of drug use. They won't avoid the rising tide by burying their heads in the sand like they have done with sex education, and a million odd unwanted pregnancies among Korean teenagers a year is testament to that.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Pop singer investigated for drugs Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
Police said yesterday they are investigating a famous pop singer and a producer on charges of drug use.
The singer, identified only by the initial K, and the DJ-turned-producer, identified only as H, are charged, respectively, with using marijuana and MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

Both undertook a drug test at the National Police Agency and acknowledged the charges after the tests proved positive, police said.

Another singer from a four-woman group, identified as S, is also suspected of using drugs and was summoned by police, but she strongly denied the charge. Her urine test, taken after she was interrogated on Feb. 22, reportedly was negative but police said they had requested further examination by the National Institute of Scientific Investigation.

Since popular entertainers are involved, an official said police investigations are being handled prudently. "Whether an arrest warrant will be requested will be decided next week and if further investigation reveals that both have taken drugs regularly, it is likely that they will be arrested," the official said.

The management company for the female band released a statement yesterday saying the drug allegation against the band member is groundless. It noted the urine test was negative and said reports of further drug tests are untrue.

Police also said three nonentertainers have been arrested, including one for supplying drugs, while seven others are being investigated.


of course the non stars have already been arrested!
reason why the stars havent been arrested yet?
the girl band? emmmm wonder who it is...
anyway they should all get busted.. becuase many have in the past.
and its only fair!!

too bad there was no foreigner involved, then they could have just blamed him and said the foreigner forced them to take drugs!
hahahaha


Mr. K and H? So, I guess the reporters aren't putting their faces on TV like they would if they were foreigners.
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Goro-chan



Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Location: Asia

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:59 am    Post subject: Re: Pop singer investigated for drugs Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:

The singer, identified only by the initial K, and the DJ-turned-producer, identified only as H, are charged, respectively, with using marijuana and MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

Another singer from a four-woman group, identified as S


In yesterday's Korea Times newspaper it was a bit more specific.

Singer is 30 yr old male group member surnamed Kim.
Producer is 42 yr old male surnamed Ham.
Girl is 21 yr old surnamed Seo (Her initial drug test came back negative, and they're still waiting on further test results)



Rumor has it that the girl is from the group Jewelry. I think her name is Seo InYoung. Dunno if that's true though.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whatever, I'll believe the Korean media is fair and unbiased if they shoot and broadcast video of these celebrities,with their names in full at the bottom of the screen, taken at the very moment they give their depositions to the police (like they do to foreigners and other regular folk). I'm not holding my breath. Only regular folk have the privilege of having their privacy infringed upon, especially when their agents and some TV producers are both pissing in the same pot.

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JAMZ



Joined: 18 May 2004
Location: Ori Station, Bundang

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

paperbag princess wrote:
why are people so hung up on drugs? alcohol is actually the most toxic drug out there. did you know that the only drug withdrawl that can actually kill you is alcohol? my friend works in an addiction clinic back home and she says the people who have the hardest time are the alcoholics, as it's socially acceptable and intensely hard to quit.


its relatively easy to die from heroine withdrawals as well... i've worked with both heroine addicts and alcoholics going through withdrawal and its not a pretty site either way you look at it.
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