Soy Sauce Crab Restaurant 'False Accusation' YouTuber Hayan Tree, Agency Terminates Contract

On the 7th, YouTuber 'Hayantree' raised suspicions of food reuse in a video about an unlimited refill soy sauce marinated crab restaurant, but it was revealed that the reuse was not true. The video has since been deleted. Photo by 'Hayantree' YouTube channel capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Sandbox Network, a Multi-Channel Network (MCN) company, announced that it will terminate its contract with the affiliated YouTuber Hayan Tree, who caused controversy by falsely broadcasting that a restaurant reused food.

On the 18th, Sandbox released an official statement saying, "First, we deeply empathize with the pain of the restaurant owner and employees who suffered damages, and we sincerely apologize," adding, "We place great importance on each creator's social responsibility and ethical content production. As of today, we have decided to terminate our contract with Hayan Tree."

However, regarding this incident, Sandbox stated that even after terminating the contract with Hayan Tree, they intend to support the affected restaurant's normal business operations.

Sandbox said, "We will thoroughly educate our affiliated creators on the internal Creator Ethics Code so that they can feel social responsibility and engage in ethical creative activities on their own, and we will continuously monitor to prevent additional damage cases."

Earlier, Hayan Tree, who has 690,000 subscribers, posted a video on their channel claiming, "I visited an all-you-can-eat soy sauce marinated crab restaurant in Daegu, and rice grains were found in the refilled crab," raising suspicions of food reuse.

However, it was confirmed that the rice grains had entered during their own meal.

After learning this fact, Hayan Tree visited the restaurant to film an explanatory video, but the restaurant suspended operations due to ongoing criticism.

On the 15th, a post titled "Please create laws and systems to prevent self-employed individuals from suffering damages due to false information broadcasts by YouTubers" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition Board. Photo by Blue House National Petition Board.

The restaurant owner posted a petition on the Blue House website's public petition board, requesting the creation of laws and systems to prevent self-employed business owners from suffering damages due to false broadcasts by YouTubers, sparking controversy.

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