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After getting embroiled in plagiarism controversy, Korean boy band C.N.Blue is again at the center of another issue.
Netizens decry the violent attacks done by C.N.Blue’s manager against a female fan who tried to get a glimpse of the boy band as they alighted from a van last February on their way to the rehearsal for the KBS TV program “Music Bank”.
Manila Bulleting Entertainment Online got a copy of the five-second video of the attacks.
In the video, the fans are shown standing around the van as C.N.Blue members were getting off from the vehicle one by one. Suddenly, the manager started flinging his arm and hitting anyone within his range.
The video has shocked fans and earned the ire of many netizens who severely criticized the manager for acting violently against the poor fan.
“That was a big too much for the manager to do. He's not only making himself look bad but also C.N.Blue,” one fan wrote on K-pop forum, Soompi.
After the video surfaced online, FNC Music, C.N.Blue’s agency, issued an apology and explanation over the incident.
According to the agency, the incident happened in the afternoon of February 11 at the KBS parking lot in Seoul. It said the manager had asked the fans to give way for the boy band so they could get inside the KBS building because C.N.Blue was already running late for the rehearsals.
FNC Music said that as the members were getting off the van, one female fan pulled the hood of C.N.Blue member Lee Jonghyun’s jacket that he almost tripped. This was when the manager started the violent act against the fan.
FNC Music has apologized for the incident, adding that the manager will be held responsible for the what happened, and that other managers will be educated to prevent a repeat.
As for some netizens' claim that the video showed Jongyhun laughing at his manager’s display of violence, FNC Music clarified that Jonghyun did so only because he almost fell when the fan tugged his jacket.
The agency said that based on the video, Jonghyun could not have seen his manager acting violently since his line of vision was being blocked by the hood of his jacket.
And it's not true that Lee Jonghyun was smiling during the violence, FNC Music said.
C.N.Blue debuted in South Korea last month with their mini-album “Bluetory.” The group is composed of Lee Jonghyun, Jung Yonghwa, Kang Minhyuk and Lee Jungshin.
Here is the proof video that the manager really did a crucial act to the fans.
cr:Manila Bulletin || posted by:sukira@dailykpopnews || vid cr:koreanfan14
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