Article: [Exclusive] Police conduct search and seizure on 'Produce 48' offices...vote manipulation ripple
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Source: SPOTV News
Police have conducted a search and seizure on Mnet program offices.
According to report by SPOTV News on the 2nd, police conducted a search and seizure on 'Produce 101' and 'Produce 48' offices. Police also raided Starship, Woollim, and MBK Entertainment offices for their participation in 'Produce 101'. Companies that participated in 'Produce 48' were also raided.
Police have also expanded their scope of investigations to include Mnet program 'Idol School'.
In the meantime, police confirmed that 2-3 'Produce X 101' trainees in project group 'X1' were illegally chosen to debut in the final group through vote manipulation.
- [+2,965, -94] X1 is still in its early debut phase but what about IZ*ONE members? How will you make it up to those trainees that were unfairly dropped?
- [+1,216, -337] Ahn Yoo-jin, Jo Yu-ri, Kim Chae-won and Choi Ye-na
- [+1,196, -155] I'm still questioning Kim Chae-won and Jo Yu-ri..
- [+513, -31] We knew this already. Let's get rid of these audition shows altogether.
- [+291, -28] Final debut rankings 14th> 5th / 18th -> 3rd / 16th -> 4th/ 19th -> 10th. These trainees all of a sudden made it to the top 10 rankings and got into the group ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ
- [+262, -14] I knew it was manipulated when the kids that had low weekly rankings all of a sudden made it to the top five.
- [+162, -3] It'll be hard for Mnet to avoid a lawsuit if they can prove that IZ*ONE votes got rigged too.