Not Just Hangeng; 6 Members Of Super Junior File For Lawsuit Against SM

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

EDIT: Proven as rumour.

T/N: I am translating all the Hangeng/Super Junior VS SME articles, as they might become relevant to the JSC case in future.

Date: 2009.12.23
Time: 14:41

T/N: This document is a request from Hangeng's lawyer to ask for confirmation that the
Seoul District Courts received their documents relating to the case.  
The Seoul District Courts confirmed that they received it. - jeeelim5@tohosomnia.net

[Sina Entertainment News] The day before, Hangeng, the only Chinese member of Asia's super popular group, Super Junior, filed for a termination of his "exclusive contract" with SM Entertainment. According to the latest news from Korea, Hangeng is not the only one who filed the lawsuit. Other Super Junior members have also filed a similar lawsuit, and they include: Lee Teuk, Yesung, Kangin, Eun Hyuk and Donghae. The only reason why news about Hangeng was exposed first, is because of his nationality.

According to the lawsuit, Hangeng has not had any rest in 2 years, causing him to suffer from fatigue, which also resulted in chronic gastritis, illnesses related to his kidney, lumbar disc herniation, as well as a visible decrease in body strength. However, SM Entertainment rejected Hangeng's requests for rest, and continued to schedule activities for him, which caused Hangeng to suffer a lot of pain.

According to the contents of the lawsuit, since the time of his debut, Hangeng didn't even have one day of rest per week. For 2 years, Hangeng has continuously done his overseas schedules as well, and had no choice but to continue with his schedules without any rest. In his contract with SM, there are clauses stating that he has to pay the company monetary damages should he be unable to fulfill the schedules arranged for him. Thus, even when he was in poor health, he had no choice but to follow through with his schedules.

Once the news broke out, many fans have expressed the wish for SM and the members to be able to make peace, and make changes to their contracts, as well as expressed hope that Super Junior will not face the threat of disbanding.

Source: [Sina]
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Article is by Sina, who was the first to report about Hangeng's lawsuit, so there is some credibility. Still, take everything with a pinch of salt y'all.

Also, how come so many ppl gave JSC shit, but they're rooting for Suju, although they all want the same thing? :\

Comments

[kitoshi.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT.

I'm. . .not that surprised, but still. Wow. Wow.

[shancq.livejournal.com]

Wut

[boredkitty.livejournal.com]

I kind of went "wow" and then started laughing like a maniac... iedk.

[gingerloop.livejournal.com]

lol i've got the same reaction with you.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

Now that is more like it...
lol@kangin though

SM better change quickly

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

Kangin suing SM surprises me, I mean wouldn't he be in jail if it wasn't for SM's legal team?

[imyoona.livejournal.com]

O_o

[g-aria.livejournal.com]

I AM SO GLAD HE'S NOT IN THIS ALONE.

.... I'm kind of shaking right now.

[shancq.livejournal.com]

I really felt goosebumps creeping up.. :(

[yuukihitohira.livejournal.com]

I'm really happy to know that Geng isn't standing alone now ;__;<3

[jaesus.livejournal.com]

That was the first thing I thought of too.

[pyramidsonmars.livejournal.com]

oh snap?

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

yes, mte.

[locofruitcake.livejournal.com]

The article is from Sina, and Sina was the first to break the news about Hangeng, so I suppose there is some credibility.

[ricey11.livejournal.com]

Well fuck.

[hey-kami-sama.livejournal.com]

mte.
D:

[kandyse-c.livejournal.com]

pls dont disband .-.

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

Wow....even with Jay leaving and GD facing criminal charges/plagiarism suits, I'm going to go ahead and guess that JYP and YG are breathing sighs of relief that their artists aren't filing for contract terminations like this.

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Lol. I know. Jay left, but he's gonna be back, and no way anything really huge will happen with GD. So basically SM are the only ones with a giant pile of shit in their lap. Thanks mostly to their own douchebag sense of business. What a bunch of morons. They brought it upon themselves. You don't see any other artist sue their own company.

[downpour.livejournal.com]

wow, kpop you in shit right now. can 2009 just end?

[jace-wayland.livejournal.com]

This is gonna drag into 2010. Start wishing for 2011.

[darkeh.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bambayahh.livejournal.com]

oh dayum.

[rawrbby.livejournal.com]

HOLY EFFING COW.

but i'm honestly not surprised. i was kind of waiting for this.

and to be honest i wont be surprised if something happens with snsd either at some point.

[theycallmeriz.livejournal.com]

Sooyoung and Hyoyeon AT LEAST. Purely because they are so much WIN but get totally ignored.

If they really want to hit SM hard though, YoonA should join the movement. :')

[stoplightheist.livejournal.com]

OH SHIT. WHAT?! O_________O

[anicaasharp.livejournal.com]

so essentially heechul, shindong, sungmin, siwon, ryeowook and kyu will be performing at music bank?

[hyperstreak.livejournal.com]

how come this line up makes me laugh? the "characters" of the group are left...well, not sure about sungmin and ryeowook--dont know much about them...actually, I can't tell which one is Sungmin..sorry.

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

At this point in time, well, fuck careers. Whoever wants to file a lawsuit, go ahead and make a better future for yourself. It's only right to want a better future.

[aunts.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[polyurethane.livejournal.com]

FUCK.

[darkeh.livejournal.com]

THIS
As much as I'm saddened by the drama, at least they're taking a stand

[awesomeful.livejournal.com]

I'm in no way surprised, at all (because really, is it shocking?) but still...omg.

[hyperstreak.livejournal.com]

Sooo, is it safe to say that the SuJu shit has hit the fan?

[memoryofsunday.livejournal.com]

Who didn't see this coming?

Glad he's not on his own in this.

[theribee.livejournal.com]

Shit, I thought that was a rumor.
Guess not D: