"Vomiting from Duality... Called 'Hyunsangun'": Basketball Star-Turned-Broadcaster Accused of School Violence

Allegations of school bullying have been raised against basketball star and broadcaster Mr. H. The photo shows Mr. K, who identified himself as a junior of Mr. H, receiving an Outstanding Player Award during middle school. Photo by Online Community

[Asia Economy Reporter Hana Na] Controversy has arisen over allegations of school violence during school days against a basketball star turned broadcaster.

On the 14th, a post titled "The Truth About the School Violence of H, the Best Basketball Player of His Time" was uploaded on an online community.

The author, who claimed to be two years junior to H at the same school, stated, "H was someone no one dared to touch," adding, "His mother was a national team basketball player, his father was a businessman, and H excelled remarkably in sports. With these three factors combined, H was an unparalleled figure with no respect for anyone above or below him."

The author further alleged that H committed 11 atrocities during his school days. The author claimed, "If someone made a mistake during practice, H would gather the juniors and make them do 'Wonsan bombing' for 10 to 30 minutes. If juniors erred, he hit their heads with the corner of a janggi (Korean chess) board, forced them to buy snacks with an absurdly small amount of money during individual practice, farted in lunchbox side dishes and forced juniors to eat them," and "On the night before the finals of the Gwangju National Sports Festival in his third year of high school, he took teammates and juniors to a prostitution establishment, slapped me dozens of times, and beat me with fists and feet."

He added, "Our basketball team was like an absolute power communist state within democratic Korea, and within that communist state existed a ruthless dictator like Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and Kim Jong-un ? H," and "Seeing his good image and pretending to be a kind person while boasting about how he eats food brings back chilling memories of the past and makes me sick of H's dual nature that others don't know about."

The author said he eventually quit sports after H's violence and urged for H's removal from broadcasting and a sincere official apology. As evidence that he played sports with H, he revealed an award certificate for the Most Valuable Player at the 22nd Autumn National Middle and High School Basketball Federation Tournament in 1992 while attending Huimun Middle School.

After the author's revelation, a netizen who claimed to be a two-year junior basketball player at K University to H commented, "I thought a post like this would eventually appear, and now it finally has." The netizen wrote, "I wonder if there is any basketball player in our country with basketball skills at this level. He was an outstanding player with excellent physicality, power, basketball sense, and almost all basketball abilities," but added, "However, his violent nature was also tremendous." He continued, "Asphalt Wonsan bombing was a frequent occurrence. There were so many instances where our dignity was thoroughly trampled on," and "I believe all juniors who played with him would agree. We juniors called him Hyeonsan-gun."

After seeing the post and comments, netizens identified the basketball player turned broadcaster based on the author's stated school years and broadcasting and YouTube activities, but H's side has not yet issued any official statement.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.