Pro-Japanese Grandfather, Agency Apologizes for Ha Young's Family Background

Ha Young (Instagram @havv_y)

JAKARTA - The agency of actress Ha Young released a new statement regarding the controversy related to the actress's family history. Initially, they had denied the alleged family members who were pro-Japanese, but some facts revealed that the agency had to respond to the news.

The controversy began when Ha Young promoted her latest series, Our Sticky Love, by being a guest on the show Problem Child in House. In the show, he again called himself the family of four generations of doctors from great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great

He repeatedly explained that the buyut was someone who studied medicine in Japan before opening the first clinic in Hanyang (Seoul) and had treated King Gojong. Because of this statement, the public suspected that the buyut in question was doctor Ahn Sang Ho.

The track record found Doctor Ahn Sang Ho was one of the people who joined Daejeong Chinmokhoe or a pro-Japanese organization. The term pro-Japanese refers to people who are willing to sacrifice Korea for personal gain.

On August 10, BISTUS Entertainment's agency denied the report, saying it was "groundless", but the next day, they apologized for responding without finding out.

"First, we would like to discuss the statement of the "groundless" report. Upon our investigation, we confirm that it is true that the late Dr. Ahn Sang Ho was registered as a member of Daejeong Chinmokhoe in 1916. We apologize for causing confusion by responding to "groundless" without investigation," explained BISTUS Entertainment.

The agency also added that Ha Young did not expect this to become a controversy. The company apologized for not conducting an investigation before responding.

"Actress Ha Young responded to this incident and she will carry out her future activities with caution and a humble attitude. Thank you," he said.

Since this controversy began, several things have begun to affect Ha Young's activities, starting with the cancellation of an exclusive interview related to the drama Our Sticky Love with Jung Hae In.

In addition, the television station SBS released a statement regarding Ha Young and Lee Je Hoon's latest drama which has started production.