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Agence France-Presse

Disgraced K-pop star Seungri was questioned by police on Wednesday for illicit overseas gambling, the latest step in a snowballing sex and drugs scandal that saw him retire in March.
The 28-year-old singer from popular boy band Big Bang is accused of habitual overseas gambling at luxurious casinos in Las Vegas involving illicit foreign exchange transactions.
Dressed in a sharp dark suit, Seungri stepped out from a black sedan to a mob of reporters waiting for him at a police building in Seoul.

“I apologise again for causing concern,” he said. “I will attend the police questioning in a sincere manner.”
Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, has also been accused of arranging sex services for potential investors in his business.
The investigation into the scandal surrounding him uncovered a spate of allegations against other musicians and personnel at YG Entertainment – Seungri’s former agency and one of the biggest K-pop management firms.
How the K-pop sex scandal exposes Korea’s culture of toxic masculinity
YG Entertainment was behind Psy’s 2012 mega-hit Gangnam Style that helped raise K-pop’s global profile and has popular idol groups such as Big Bang and Blackpink under its roof.
Yang Hyun-suk, the firm’s founder and former chief producer, will be questioned by police on Thursday over similar illicit gambling and cash transfer allegations as Seungri.
Yang was also separately placed under investigation by police last month for allegedly arranging sex services for foreign investors in 2014.
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epa07798436 South Korean superstar Seungri, who is a former member of group Big Bang, speaks to the media upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, 28 August 2019. Seungri and Yang Hyun-suk, former chief producer and founder of YG Entertainment, will be investigated by police on charges of illegal gambling abroad. They are suspected of gambling up to tens of millions of won at a time at casinos, including the MGM Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Gambling is illegal in Korea. EPA-EFE/KIM HEE-CHUL

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Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, has also been accused of arranging sex services for potential investors in his business



Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, has also been accused of arranging sex services for potential investors in his business.
