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On July 25, Channel A’s “News A” exclusively reported that a building in the Gangnam district owned by BIGBANG’s Daesung may contain illegal entertainment businesses.
Daesung, who is currently completing his mandatory military service, purchased the building in 2017 for 31 billion won (about $26.3 million). “News A” reported that five of the floors on that building, contrary to what was reported on the official building register, were operating adult entertainment businesses. “News A” further reported that some of those businesses mediated prostitution services.
The building is located in the heart of the Gangnam district and likely brings in 100 million won (about $85,000) per month in earnings from the leasing alone. According to the building register, floors 5-8 are supposed to operate various restaurants and a photography studio.
The “News A” production staff went directly to the building and found that there were no signs advertising those businesses on the outside of the building and that three floors could not be accessed through the elevator. The eighth floor, which was supposed to contain a photography studio, was fenced off and not accessible to the public.
The reporters confirmed that those businesses could only be entered by official members and concealed the nature of their business from the general public. An internal source claimed that prostitution was also taking place at those businesses, suggesting that customers would be with women at the business for a few hours before heading out together.
“News A” also interviewed neighbors who stated that those businesses only opened at night and that frequently women would enter rooms full of men and be escorted out to expensive imported cars.
Daesung’s real estate representative stated, “Daesung is the owner of the building but he is not in any way affiliated with its businesses. He thought that the businesses were operating as they said they were on the business licenses. We will check whether illegal business activity is taking place and cancel our lease with those tenants who are breaking the law.”
[단독] '빅뱅' 대성의 수상한 빌딩…"불법 유흥에 성매매” https://t.co/kNkyMsIUiN pic.twitter.com/XbES49yb3K
— 인스티즈 연예소식 (@instiz) July 25, 2019
sources: soompi, @instiz, channel a, naverit's hard to believe that a building owner would not check on what kind of businesses are actually operating in their own building, unless i guess these tenants came after he enlisted, but even then it's... so it is possible i guess but i'm still wary considering everything related to yg and all, even as a daesung stan
also i wasn't sure what to tag this with, sorry mods, i hope the tags are okay?
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Pic of the building and another article
Date: 2019-07-25 06:11 pm (UTC)Via dailynaver (https://dailynaver.blogspot.com/2019/07/more-insight-into-daesungs.html):
Interest regarding Big Bang Daesung's Gangnam building that's under suspicion of being a front for illegal prostitution activities is growing.
Daesung's building is located in the center of Hakdong, at the intersection of a 3-way station about 660m away from Apgujeong station on Bundang line. Around the Hakdong intersection there are apartments, schools, banks, wedding halls, parks, plastic surgery clinics, coffee shops, restaurants, theaters, and concert halls, all categorized as promising commercial districts.
There's a Starbucks on the first floor of the building with outdoor billboards on the rooftop which also generate separate income. Daesung purchased the building in 2017 using bank loans for 31 billion won and has so far added about 14 billion won in equity. Monthly rental income is reportedly about 100 million won. The building is set to grow in price even more due to the Warye-Sinsa rail line that's scheduled to open in the area in 2026.
According to Daesung's real estate agent, there's no way Daesung could have known the complex was being used as a front for illegal activities as the businesses began operations in 2005 and Daesung only reviewed the "details of the lease" before purchase.
The agent said, "Daesung is only a building owner and has nothing to do with the business. If we find out that the tenants were using the complex to run illegal entertainment activities we will terminate our contracts with them."
However, controversy is growing because owners are responsible for maintaining their buildings. Even if Daesung didn't know, as the owner, he won't be able to avoid responsibility.
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Date: 2019-07-25 06:17 pm (UTC)Many people are building owners and have no hands on work with the day to day operations of a building ie upkeep, tent, inspections etc. He likely has property managers that deal with that stuff & then they compile reports that are also probably foisted of onto someone else.
Im not sure what legal ramifications it makes for him tho
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Date: 2019-07-25 06:37 pm (UTC)but idk, with all that's been coming out recently, i've just become very wary, even as a daesung stan lol
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Date: 2019-07-25 07:50 pm (UTC)He seemed genuinely apologetic (unlike the rest) and the other witness testimony seemed to corroborate the story
But idk
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Date: 2019-07-25 09:05 pm (UTC)I always thought it was weird how he was cleared of all charges, even if it was an accident.
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Date: 2019-07-25 09:57 pm (UTC)However I (very quickly and not thoroughly) read up on the accident and the motorist was apparently driving drunk and had already crashed, so I think it's very possible that Daesung accidentally ran him over if he was driving fast and had his mind elsewhere (that's one of the things I do remember, that he said he needed to think/was driving to clear his head etc)
Although even if that's the case, there still should've been consequences for reckless driving or something like that...
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Date: 2019-07-25 07:22 pm (UTC)But I do think it's plausible for a building owner who is not managing the building to not necessarily know what is happening. It depends on if he's turned management over to a management company, or if it's just like, his mom or business manager, then this could be more negligent. Depends on who he has running the show, because it would make sense to me that an entertainer in the military may not be very hands on. "Real estate rep" in English is pretty vague.
Then there is the question if he chose a management company that would maximize rentals, or one that was scrupulous about obeying the laws....
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Date: 2019-07-25 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-25 07:23 pm (UTC)although i'm still so sus of anything YG related, who knows anything anymore lmao
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Date: 2019-07-25 07:53 pm (UTC)They usually pay a building manager
But in the light of the burning son case I can see why people would question his involvement
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Date: 2019-07-25 09:07 pm (UTC)QUESTION: how do y'all feel about taeyang? i've been seeing many people prasing him as the ony "innocent" one from the yg bunch but i've also seen people saying he's basically guily by association...
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Date: 2019-07-25 10:00 pm (UTC)i kind of regret looking up this tweet because of all the lunatics i had to see but yeah i’d say it’s safe to say 🚮
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Date: 2019-07-26 03:59 am (UTC)This tweet was ... difficult to read.
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Date: 2019-07-26 09:06 am (UTC)I can believe him trusting a real estate manager and not checking the building by himself before buying, even though it's super dumb.
But given everything we know about YG and BIG BANG now... it doesn't look good at all.
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Date: 2019-07-26 06:16 pm (UTC)