What's next for 'Burning Sun' criminals Seungri, Choi Jong-hun, and Jung Joon-young who are swiftly concluding prison sentences?

Article: 'Burning Sun' Choi Jong-hun, Seungri released from prison already.. when will Jung Joon-young?

Source: Money Today

Attention is focused on 'Burning Sun' criminals who are speedily concluding prison sentences.

On the 9th, Big Bang Seungri (Lee Seung-hyun, 33) was released from prison after serving 1.5 years in prison on charges of arranging prostitution and illegal gambling overseas. As a result, attention is also focused on Jung Joon-young (34) and Choi Jong-hun (33) who were also involved in the 'Burning Sun' incident in 2019.

Seungri released back into society... imprisoned for 1 year and 6 months

According to the legal community, Seungri was released from prison on the 9th after concluding his prison sentence at the Yeoju Prison in Gyeonggi Province. 

In February 2019, Seungri was identified as the key figure in the Gangnam club 'Burning Sun' incident in seoul and was indicted without detention in January 2020. He was tried on nine charges to include; prostitution, prostitution mediation, violations of Special Cases of Sexual Violence crimes (illegal molka filming), habitual gambling, violations of the Foreign Exchange Act (Hwanchigi), violations of the Food Sanitation Act, business embezzlements, violations of the Act on Aggravated Punishment of specific Economic Crimes Embezzlement, Special Assault and handed over to the prosecution. 

In addition, from December 2015 to January 2016, he was accused of arranging prostitution 24 times for investors in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and buying sex himself. There were also suspicions of sharing the illegally filmed molka through Katalk group chat.

Choi Jong-hun released from prison in 2021... when will Jung Joon-young?

'Burning Sun Gate' also spread to the 'Jung Joon-young Tokbang' incident. 

During investigations, it was confirmed that Jung Joon-young took the lead in distributing illegally filmed molka in a Katalk group chat on Seungri's mobile phone. FT Island's Choi Jong-hun and CNBlue's Lee Jong-hyun were also members of the chat room. 

Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hyun were sentenced to prison for gang r*pe of a drunk woman in 2016. Jung Joon-young was also accused of distributing illegally filmed molka 11 times, including sharing sex videos and photos secretly taken in group chats for several months from the end of 2015. 

Jung Joon-young was initially sentenced to 6 years in prison in the first trial that was reduced to 5 years in the second trial. The Supreme Court confirmed the 2nd court's sentence in September 2020 and he's currently serving his time and scheduled to be released on October 2025.  

Choi Jong-hun was arrested in May 2019 and sentenced to 5 years in prison in the first trial however his sentence was reduced to 2.5 years in prison due to partial "settlement" with the victim. After serving his prison term, he was released in November 2021. In January 2022, he was seen attending church with his month and living a life of faith. 

1. [+525, -6] The evils of our society! Make sure they're thoroughly put through surveillance, controlled, and banned so that they never again set foot in society again!
2. [+360, -3] 1 year and 6 month prison sentence in the military is basically a short stint as a wartime laborer.. basically +1 merchant.
3. [+320, -3] Cho Joo-bin 40 years, Seungri 1.5 years??.. does that make sense?
4. [+129, -1] I seriously hate seeing these thugs!! F*ck.. even those pictures alone are just..
5. [+97, -0] The irony of it all is Seungri got the least sentence out of all of them ㅋㅋ 
6. [+32, -0] 1.5 years after being found guilty on all 9 chargesㅋㅋ. Who was his lawyer? That lawyer has got to be a prodigy in the history of the founding of our Joseon.
7. [+28, -3] These demons need to be rooted out of our society!!
8. [+24, -2] These dirty ba$tards are only in their early 30s too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. I bet they're laughing behind our backs right nowㅋㅋ 
9. [+22, -0] All those charges for a sentence shorter than a parking violationㅋㅋ 
10. [+18, -0] We urgently need a full re-investigation of Burning Sun!!! 
11. [+10, -0] I expect we'll be seeing these ba$tards crawling out on TV again..
12. [+10, -] The entire 'Burning Sun' scandal got buried with the arrest of these 3..