On May 2, a news outlet reported that Park Jin Young from JYP Entertainment attended a supposed meeting for a Korean religious cult, the Salvation Sect.
In response, Park Jin-Young denied the reports and posted rebuttal on Instagram.
He said,
“a Salvation Sect meeting? I paid out of my own pocket to rent the place and created the meeting to teach Bible lessons, and you call it a Salvation Sect meeting? About 100 people gathered to hear me speak and a few people from the Salvation Sect also joined, but how does that make it a Salvation Sect meeting? I do not have personal connections with the people from Salvation Sect, and neither does JYP Entertainment. How do you plan on taking responsibility for the damage you have created to me and our company? You didn’t even bother checking the facts before reporting these absurd news.”
Park also explained the start of the meeting. He said, “my friend and I started to meet twice a week for a bible study four years ago. Then, a friend of friend, and that friend’s friend were added and currently, our meeting consists of about 30 people. Now that this has happen, I might as well post my testimony. Please read it thorougly, and if there are any legal problems in it, your report may somewhat be appropriate. However, if there isn’t, you will take legal responsibility for the damage you have caused.”
In addition, actor Bae Yong-Joon was accused of attending this so-called ‘religious cult’ meeting. However, Bae also denied the reports through his agency and said, “he has no connections to the cult in any way. While it is true that he has personal relationships with Park Jin-Young and has attended one of bible meetings, but he is not part of the Salvation Sect.”
Furthermore, Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea also clarified that both Park Jin-Young and Bae Yong-Joon are not members of the Salvation Sect. They said, “the meeting Park Jin-Young hosted has nothing to do with us. If someone famous like Park was a member of our group, the words would have spread already.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiQnrfXAbSu/?taken-by=asiansoul_jyp
Original Article (1), (2)
Translated by Dasol Kim
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