What's the matter with the Zhang Ziyan case? At present, the Zhang Ziyan case has caused an uproar in South Korea, and the number of petitioners continues to soar. According to Hong Kong media, South Korean actress Zhang Ziyan committed suicide on March 7, 2009. Before her death, she left a letter accusing her of being forced to sleep with her husband in exchange for a job. Last year, the police and the prosecution reopened the case. Unfortunately, the case was closed because there was no progress after the prosecution period. Netizens petitioned for an extension of the investigation period of Zhang Ziyan's case on the qingwatai website on the 12th. As of today, more than 570000 people have joined hands. However, the Zhang Ziyan case has been extended three times in a row. I wonder if it can be extended for the fourth time.
Zhang Ziyan's profile
Zhang Ziyan, born in Korea from December 8, 1982 to March 7, 2009, is a Korean film actress.
On March 8, 2009, he hanged his neck and committed suicide in his family in pentang, Gyeonggi do. He died at the age of 26.
Representative works: my love of ugliness and men in pattern
Suicide and death
At 16:30 on March 7, 2009, Zhang Ziyan was found hanging her neck in the family of pen Tang in Gyeonggi do. She died at the age of 26. The body was transferred to a hospital in the south of the Yangtze River. A police source in the Tang Dynasty said: 'Zhang Ziyan was found committing suicide in her home. At about 19:34 on March 7, when my sister found out, she called the police. The police immediately set out and were searching. First, they had to carefully search whether there were any remains such as a suicide note. Her friend disclosed that "men in the mood" had a big success, but Zhang Ziyan's role in the play was less than expected. In addition, Zhang Ziyan had problems with the manager company in renewing her new contract in March 2009, which caused her mental distress and depression symptoms. South Korean local media reported that Zhang Ziyan's father was the president of a group branch. Her parents died in a traffic accident in 1999 when she was only 16 years old. Although she inherited a large number of legacies from her parents and did not encounter any financial difficulties, the mental shock brought by her parents' sudden departure has deeply affected Zhang Ziyan, and the pain has not healed for a long time. Since then, Zhang Ziyan has been living with her sister. She tries to get rid of the psychological shock brought by the death of her parents, but she never tries to get rid of it. With the growth of Zhang Ziyan's age, her personality is becoming more and more withdrawn, and she is suffering from depression when she enters the entertainment industry. In March 2009, her symptoms became more and more serious, and she often locked herself in the room for a whole day. In addition, the working pressure in the circle is huge, which leads to a dead end.
Posthumous announcement
On the evening of March 6, 2011, South Korea's SBS news program released Zhang Ziyan's letter for the first time, which revealed that she had been forced to provide more than 100 sexual services to 31 people, including those who worked in planning companies, financial institutions and broadcasting companies. Zhang Ziyan said in her suicide note that even if she died, she would take revenge on the devil, and the devil in her letter is believed to be the agent who forced her to provide sexual services.
As soon as the contents of the suicide note were exposed, it caused an uproar in South Korea. This is completely contrary to the words of Kim, a former planning company representative who has always advocated that "the performing arts industry doesn't sleep with her." Kim, the boss of Zhang Ziyan's brokerage company, was tried in 2008. She was only found guilty of beating Zhang Ziyan violently, but not involved in the sex trade. The boss surnamed Jin and the agent surnamed Liu of her brokerage company were sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the court in November 2010, but the case was closed with two years' probation and 160 hours of social service.
The head of SBS news said that experts had been asked to verify the handwriting of the public letters and confirmed that the letters were actually written by Zhang Ziyan herself. The SBS report makes Zhang Ziyan's suicide case become the focus of public attention again.
Event impact
After Zhang Ziyan's suicide note was exposed in the media, the South Korean parliament, the South Korean Federation of radio and Film Performing Arts and the South Korean Fair Trade Commission successively made statements on Zhang Ziyan's suicide. South Korea's parliament said it would introduce the "Zhang Ziyan bill" to clean up the "hidden rules" of South Korea's performing arts industry, while the arts workers' Association said it would. In the future, efforts will be made to protect the legitimate rights and interests of artists, so as to avoid 'slavery contracts' between artists and brokerage companies.
Choe man shun, a member of the South Korean parliament, said he would discuss the issue of introducing the Cheung Yeon bill at the next session of the South Korean parliament. If the "Zhang Ziyan act" is determined to be implemented, then in the future, when Korean brokerage companies sign contracts with artists, they must first report the contracts to the Minister of culture, sports and tourism for approval. If the artists are under age, in addition to the approval of the Minister of culture, the brokerage companies must obtain the permission of their guardians before they can sign their own agreements with the artists.
Progress of the case
Trial stalled
On June 27, 2011, South Korean media reported that the case of Zhang Ziyan's sexual bribery was originally planned to run aground in next month's' formal trial '. According to the key witness of the case disclosed by domestic media earlier and rumor, park Yize, Zhang Ziyan's ex boyfriend, had returned to South Korea as planned to testify. However, in June 2011, none of her South Korean friends could get in touch with him. As of November 7, 2012, she had disappeared for several days without reason. According to park Yize's South Korean friends, park Yize, who returned home last week, checked in at a hotel in Gyeonggi do. Since last Wednesday, his whereabouts have been unknown, and his microblog has stopped updating, so his friends can't get in touch with him.
Court decision
In the middle of October 2014, the Supreme Court of Seoul, South Korea, made a judgment on the loss compensation lawsuit filed by the family of South Korean actress Zhang Ziyan against Kim, a 45 year old representative of the brokerage company, demanding the defendant to compensate 24 million won (about 140000 yuan).
The court ruled that the brokerage company forced Zhang Ziyan to accompany her with wine. In the previous judgment, because there were no other eyewitnesses and the client Zhang Ziyan had committed suicide, the court found that "the evidence of sexual entertainment was insufficient.".
Follow up investigation
On February 26, 2018, someone went to the qingwatai petition website to ask for a new investigation. By March 23, more than 200000 people had signed the petition. According to the regulations of South Korea, if more than 200000 signatures were obtained within 30 days, the relevant government departments need to give a formal reply, and let the Zhang Ziyan case get attention again. March 7 coincides with the ninth anniversary of Zhang Ziyan's death. Many victims of sexual harassment or abuse in the past bravely come forward and accuse celebrities in the performing arts circle who have more power than them.
On June 26, Seoul's central district attorney general's office said that he charged a former reporter of Chosun daily with compulsory indecency. He suspected that he had sexually harassed Zhang Ziyan at a party and transferred the case to the court. The police also revealed that a attended the birthday party of Kim, the former representative of Zhang Ziyan's office, in May 2008 and had improper behavior against Zhang Ziyan.
On July 15, South Korean media reported that the case of Zhang Ziyan has reached the most critical moment. With more and more investigators joining in the investigation, many evidences directly show that the huge Entertainment Group is involved in the case. Different from the last time only three people were found, this time the re examination of the case has made breakthrough progress, and the case boss has reached more than 30. By the end of the prosecution period of the case, the prosecution did not publish the results, but according to the information obtained by the South Korean police, President Kim, the owner of the company, was only sentenced to one year, and more than 30 big men escaped.