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The Korea Times

 By Kim Jae-heun
K-pop idol and actor Park Yoo-chun is facing arrest after testing positive for methemphetamine use. He is accused of using the drug with former fiancée Hwang Ha-na.
Police asked the prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant for the member of boy band JYJ on Tuesday. The request came after police questioned him about drug use last Wednesday and received the results of the drug test from the National Forensic Service on Monday.
Park is suspected of buying the drug and using it at Hwang’s residence in Seoul early this year.

Hwang, the granddaughter of Namyang Dairy Products founder Hong Du-yeong, has already been arrested on related charges. She admitted to drug use and told police she used methamphetamine with Park.
Police said surveillance camera footage shows Park transferring money via a cash machine at a bank and collecting an item at another site 30 minutes later. The police believe he sent money to a drug dealer and picked up the drug from a prearranged location.

Park has claimed he transferred the money to somebody at Hwang’s request and he did not use any drugs.
Park held a press conference on April 10 to deny the charges. However, his agency, C-JeS Entertainment, announced today it had severed ties with the singer.
Park and Hwang announced in April 2017 that they would get married in September the same year, but they called it off and broke up in 2018.
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The member of JYJ was questioned last week on suspicion of buying and using methamphetamine Park’s agency C-JeS has announced it has severed ties with him

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