[Global Network Report] According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 27th, Lee Sun-kyun, a well-known Korean actor who was under police investigation for suspected drug abuse, was found dead in a car that day. Yonhap News Agency quoted local officials on the 28th to continue t

[Global Network Report] According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 27th, the well-known Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, who was under police investigation for suspected drug abuse, was found dead in a car that day. Yonhap News Agency quoted local officials on the 28th to continue to disclose details, saying that Lee Sun-kyun had requested not to disclose his latest inquiry process to the media before his death, but the South Korean police refused.

reported that on the 27th, 48-year-old Lee Sun-kyun was found dead in his car in an "obvious suicide". The vehicle was parked near a park in central Seoul. Just last Saturday (23rd), Li Shanjun came to the case for the third time to be questioned by the police about his suspected drug abuse. According to the police and relevant legal sources, before the questioning on the 23rd, Li Shanjun had formally requested through his lawyer that his questioning process should not be disclosed to the media, but the police rejected this request.

On December 23, Lee Sun-kyun arrived at the Incheon Police Department office, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul, to accept the third round of questioning on suspected drug abuse. Source: Korean media

Yonhap News Agency mentioned that according to the Korean police’s news affairs guide, the investigation Photographing or videotaping parties during proceedings and interviews is expressly prohibited, but this rule is often violated. The report continued that during the three rounds of police questioning that Li Shanjun accepted, including the first on October 28, he received a lot of media attention. The day before Lee Sun-kyun was found dead, his lawyer expressed the hope that Lee Sun-kyun could be investigated without appearing in public because Lee Sun-kyun felt "heavy burdened" by the fact that his police interview was made public.

On December 27, actor Lee Sun-kyun was found dead in a car at Wolong Park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The police are conducting an on-site investigation. Source: Visual China

Yonhap News Agency stated that the Incheon Local Police Department, which is responsible for investigating Lee Sun-kyun’s suspected drug abuse, admitted that it had received the above request, but denied notifying the media of the inquiry schedule. "Closed-door (investigation) is in line with the principle, and it is correct." A relevant person from the National Police Agency said, "There has never been an incident where the police first announced Lee Sun-kyun's inquiry timetable."

According to previous reports, the South Korean police 27 According to Japanese news, on the morning of that day, Lee Sun Kyun’s wife, fellow actress Jeon Hye Jin, called the police and reported that “her husband left the house after writing a note that looked like a suicide note.” Later, police found a man's vehicle in a park in Seoul. Fire department officials said the man inside the car was dead when he was found. The police confirmed that the man was Li Shanjun, and the police also found briquettes on the passenger seat.

Lee Sun-kyun, 48, has participated in many well-known Korean works such as "My Uncle" and "Coffee Prince". The movie "Parasite" he starred in won the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Oscar for Best Picture. In October this year, Li Shanjun was investigated by the police for suspected drug abuse, but the results of the first two urine tests and hair tests were negative. On the 23rd of this month, Lee Sun-kyun came to the case for the third time and accepted a 19-hour police interview. On the 26th, he also submitted a letter of submission to the police through his lawyer, requesting the police to conduct a lie detector test on himself and the nightclub publicist involved in the case, A, to determine the confessions of each party. credibility. Previously, Lee Sun Kyun said that he was deceived by A and took drugs "thinking they were sleeping pills", but A's statement was completely the opposite. Lee Sun Kyun also claimed that he was threatened and extorted by A and others, and was asked to pay hundreds of millions of won.