Source: Sports DongA
The arrest warrant for VIXX 's Ravi (30, Kim Won-sik) has been dismissed.
The rapper was accused of attempting to evade military service through a fake epilepsy diagnosis by a 'military service broker' however his arrest warrant has been dismissed.
On the 6th, Seoul Southern District Court Judge Kim Ji-sook conducted an interrogation (warrant review) of the suspect (Ravi) before arrest that day and stated, "In light of the objective evidence collected so far, it's difficult to say the suspect, who admitted to the charges, is a flight risk or will destroy evidence. The arrest warrant requested on the 2nd is dismissed."
A leaked forensic analysis of broker A (Goo)'s cell phone uncovered various instances in which Ravi asked and received "military service advice" from the broker. Ravi's military service records were also discovered. After being falsely diagnosed with epilepsy at a designated hospital, one party of brokers received "military exemptions" or "grade adjustments" based on this. It was also confirmed that Ravi lowered his physical grade using the same method.
His agency Groovlin told Donga, "We're sincerely cooperating with the investigation process. Please understand that we cannot provide details at this stage. We will provide more details later."
On the other hand, another Groovlin rapper Nafla (31, Choi Seok-bae) is also entangled with the same military service broker. He was arrested on the 22nd of last month on suspicion of attempting to evade military service by manipulating the social workers attendance records.
Meanwhile, Ravi has been working as a social worker since the the end of October last year.
- [+226, -3] How is any of that normal? Arrest that f*cker right now!!
- [+216, -3] Investigate and arrest them all!!
- [+164, -3] How did he even make it on broadcasts?? He's worse that MC Mong!
- [+145, -3] Well, Psy has been there twice too and has since become a world star..
- [+132, -2] He even squeezed out tears on the last broadcast of '2 Days 1 Night..' this is why you never really know the true image of a celebrity 🙈👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
- [+120, -6] As if Pansaes [judges] aren't the most corrupt group in our country~~ Under the guise of 'independence' rules, no institution has been put in place to hold them liable for their verdicts on civil and criminal cases.
- [+87, -3] Even Yoo Seung-jun was banned from entering our country?? How is it that criminals in our country can be exonerated through weak sentences like this?? If they get jailed for 7 years, do you think anyone would dare think of doing military service corruptions??
- [+66, -3] This is why our country is a den of corruptions! Of course he should be arrested!! He abandoned his duty as a Korean male, how can his arrest warrant be dismissed? F*ck.. the judges in our country are more problematic in more ways than one.
- [+61, -1] ㅋㅋ thanks to the Pansaedeul [judges], even our national defense laws seem to be hitting rock bottom too ㅋㅋㅋ
- [+37, -1] Who deserves being arrested vs detained here?
- [+38, -1] Arrest him for dodging military service!
- [+28, -2] For anyone caught evading military service, the only answer is to kick them out from society and blacklist them from the industry forever!!
- [+17, -2] This judge must be a Ravi fan ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- [+5, -0] We want AI rulings!
Additional source(s): Joongang Ilbo, News1, Newsis, Seoul Shinmun