Uso kaya sa South Korea ngayon ang pagbubulgar ng mga scandal na kadalasan ay utang ng mga magulang ng mga celebrities? Halos sunod-sunod ang mga report ng mga lumalabas na isyu tungkol sa magulang o specifically, ama ng mga Korean star na diumano’y may mga pagkakautang pero, hindi nagbabayad.
Kadalasan din, taon na ang inabot kaya diumano ‘yung mga pinagkakautangan ay wala nang magawa kung hindi ang lumabas at humingi ng tulong sa media. Obviously rin, sa kabila ng social media, very effective pa rin sa South Korea ang mga media expose.
Ang bago ngayong nasangkot ang pangalan dahil sa diumano’y pagkakautang ng kanyang ama ay ang South Korean actress na si Jo Yeo Jeong.
Sa report ng Sports Kyunghang, lumabas ang artikulo tungkol sa reklamo ng panloloko sa ama ng aktres. Base sa kuwento ng pinag-utangan na itago na lang sa pangalan na A at nagpakita rin ng mga ebidensiya, nangutang sa kanya ng 250 million won (approximately $221,960) may 14-taon na ang nakararaan para raw magpatayo ng nursing home. Magkababayan ang ama ng aktres at si A at kilala na nila ang isa’t isa nang matagal kaya madali rito ang magpautang, bukod pa sa alam niya raw kasi na tatay ito ng isang kilalang aktres.
Pero ‘yun na nga, hindi raw niya akalain na hindi pala siya babayaran. Pero napangalawahan pa raw ang pangungutang sa kanya. Nangutang pa ito ng 50 million won dahil ang property raw nito sa isang building sa Boondang ay io-auction.
Kaya naman daw niya pinautang, nangako itong kapag hindi na-auction ang property, ibebenta at makakabayad na mula sa unang utang niya. Pero ang siste, simula noon, hindi na ito makontak.
Ang kuwento pa ni A, “He wrote a promissory note saying that he would pay back the 250 million won (approximately $221,960) that he previously borrowed by November 2005, but that was no use. He moved addresses, avoided me, and didn’t answer my phone calls. If he accidentally picked up the phone call, he’d give a vague answer and hang up. Three years ago, he changed his number so I couldn’t contact him. It’s money that I let him borrow by taking out a loan, so it was a huge burden for me to even just pay back the interest. Since he was suffering hardship, I thought that it might be difficult for me to receive all of the money back at once. So I asked him to even pay back even 500,000 won (approximately $444) a month, but he kept ignoring my calls.”
Bago rin daw lumapit sa media, personal nang pinuntahan ni A ang agency ni Jo Yeo Jeong na High Entertainment pero hindi raw niya alam kung nakarating nga ba sa aktres ang mensahe niya kaya isinapubliko na niya ngayon.
Sabi pa ni A, “It’s money that I let Jo borrow by taking out a loan, but it was difficult for me to even pay back the interest. So at the age of 70, I sold the house I was living in and work as an apartment security guard. Even now, I wake up in the middle of the night out of anger. My life is so difficult to the point where my son has to pay for my monthly rent. Jo’s daughter Jo Yeo Jeong lives a happy life, but I felt sorry to my kids. So I gathered the courage to speak out.”
True enough, nakuha nga ang atensiyon ng aktres at gayundin ng kanyang agency dahil sa artikulong lumabas. Kaya naman naglabas ng official statement ang High Entertainment para sa kanilang artist na si Jo Yeo Jeong.
“We want to apologize for the controversy about our agency’s actress Jo Yeo Jeong’s father.
“Jo Yeo Jeong learned about this through the article that was printed today. Regardless of the reason, she would like to apologize to those who were hurt because of her father.
“In the past, Jo Yeo Jeong’s parents got divorced due to her father’s debt. After that, she has not been in contact with her father. She could not reach him and could not get an understanding of this situation and if it had been resolved.
“Last year, she tried to get in contact with her father to resolve this after hearing about it, but was unable to because his phone number had already been changed. Even now, we’re trying to hear her father’s side of the story.
“We will work hard to quickly understand the situation and to smoothly resolve the parts that are a problem.
“Finally, we apologize for the controversy.”