In The Aftermath Of Controversy, The Agency Announces Seunghan RIIZE Vacuum Promotion

JAKARTA - SM Entertainment released the latest statement regarding one of their artists, Seunghan RIIZE. After the artist experienced a number of controversies, he was declared vacuum from promoting with his group.

Today, Wednesday, November 22, SM Entertainment released an official statement via RIIZE social media.

"Seunghan feels guilty and reflects on himself because it makes him disappointed not only to the team and members but also to fans because of his personal life that has been spread recently through social media and the community," said SM Entertainment.

"Seunghan feels mentally depressed and responsible for this, so after contemplation, he expressed his desire to stop activities for the sake of the team," the agency said.

Starting today, RIIZE will be promoted with six members, namely Shotaro, Sungchan, Wonbin, Sohee, Eunseok, and Anton except for Seunghan. The agency has not announced when Seunghan will end his hiatus.

"This is a sudden situation but we ask for the understanding of fans because this decision was made after discussing with the artist," explained the agency.

"We feel responsible as artist management even though this happened before he debuted. Once again, we apologize to fans," he said.

The agency also explained that all the photos and videos that were distributed were the times when he was still training before his debut.

"However, the photos were distributed repeatedly to cause misunderstandings such as editing, such as taking screenshots from videos. In addition, the people who spread these videos and photos use malicious means to create false information," the agency continued.

SM Entertainment will take legal action to submit a report to the police office this afternoon.

Before debuting with RIIZE, Seunghan's photos and videos in the past began to spread on the internet. Seunghan has released an apology to the public for this.

Two months after debut, there are more rumors involving Seunghan. Starting from allegations of talking about other group members to smoking in Japan.