Prosecutors Request Arrest Warrant for Singer Seungri on 7 Charges Including 'Procuring Prostitutes'

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The prosecution has requested an arrest warrant for Seungri (29, real name Lee Seung-hyun), a former member of the group Big Bang, in connection with various allegations surrounding the club 'Burning Sun.'

The Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Park Seung-dae) announced on the 8th that they have applied seven charges against Seungri, including violations of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes.

Seungri is accused of arranging prostitution for overseas investors 29 times from September 2015 to January 2016. He is also charged with sending nude photos showing the backs of three women in a KakaoTalk chat room.

In addition, he is accused of violating the Food Sanitation Act by registering the club he operated as a general restaurant and running it as an unauthorized entertainment establishment, embezzling funds from Yuri Holdings, a company he invested in, habitual gambling in Las Vegas, USA, and violating the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act by raising gambling funds through a method known as 'hwan-chigi' (illegal money transfer).

Earlier, the police had applied for an arrest warrant for Seungri in May last year on five charges including prostitution, mediation of prostitution, violation of the Food Sanitation Act, embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, and embezzlement in the course of business, but the court dismissed the request. Since then, Seungri has been under investigation without detention.

The pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant review) for Seungri is scheduled to be held on the 13th.

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