A manager of K-pop boy band Wanna One is in hot water after a video caught him assaulting a female fan at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea.
Wanna One departed for Thailand on 28 September to attend the KCON Korean Wave festival held on 29 and 30 September.
A video showed the manager violently shoving the fan causing her to fall. Fans identified him as Wanna Ones Min-hyuns manager.
Fans condemned the managers violent action as the video spread online including Twitter and Facebook.
The girl should sue against the agency of #wannaone SWING ENT. should also provide a compensation to the girl for her mental and physical assault. The manager should be suspended or fired, one fan commented on Twitter.
Another said, To Swing Entertainment, As this scene not just happened once. They did push Wannables to the side of the road before. Thats hardly deserves a second chance! Bring these managers into jail, especially that one! That guy must deserves legal sanction.
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As a result, Swing Entertainment issued an apology.
We apologize in concern to the video thats been a controversy online. The video in question was filmed at the airport on September 28 when they were departing Thailand, and the person is a label manager, the agency said but did not identify the manager.
Same manager! who pushed fans like their not humans
no heart
i understand that he s protecting Wanna One but hurting fans like that is not right pic.twitter.com/1bwWWiwFBD
— v^.^v (@only4WannaOne) September 28, 2018
It added: After seeing the video, the manager is sincerely reflecting for his excessive actions and will be disciplined accordingly. Were greatly sorry to the fan in the video as something like that should not have happened in any case.
We deeply apologize to all the fans about this disgraceful incident and for causing trouble. Well do our best to prevent a similar incident from happening again with more thorough training. Once again, we apologize to the fans who love Wanna One, and Swing Entertainment will become a label that makes more of an effort, it promised.
After the video surfaced, another video showing the same manager pushing a fan spread online.
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