Proven To Extortion The Late Lee Sun Kyun, Bar Staff And Former Actress Sentenced To Prison

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JAKARTA - A bar staff member and former actress surnamed Park were sentenced to prison after being proven to have blackmailed the late actor Lee Sun Kyun. They extorted Lee Sun Kyun for up to 350 million won or around Rp. 3.9 billion.

The 30-year-old bar staff surnamed Kim was sentenced to Incheon District Court with 3.5 years in prison, citing the Korean website JoongAng Daily, on Monday, December 23, 2024. The former 29-year-old actress Park was jailed for 4 years and two months.

Park was proven to have blackmailed Lee Sun Kyun for 50 million won or around Rp557.6 million. Meanwhile, Kim extorted the film star Parasite worth 300 million won, claiming that his phone had been hacked.

Kim asked for covert money from the late Lee Sun Kyun with threats of leaking information. Kim is known to have worked in a high-end bar in the Gangnam area, South Korea, which Lee Sun Kyun reportedly visited when he was still alive.

Investigators later found the hacker Kim's phone was his own acquaintance, the former actress Park. They live in the same apartment complex.

Park disguised himself as a hacker to extort money from Kim, claiming to have evidence of drug use and his relationship with Lee Sun Kyun. When he failed to extort money from Kim, Park targeted Lee Sun Kyun and earned 50 million won.

Meanwhile, the crime committed by Park and Kim surfaced during Lee Sun Kyun's trial on suspicion of drug use in October 2023. However, while still under investigation, Lee Sun Kyun was found dead by suicide in his car in Taman Waryong, Jongno-gu north, Seoul.