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SEOUL, Mar. 10
(Yonhap) – Suspicions of school violence have been raised against producer Ahn
Gil-ho, who directed the Netflix drama "The Glory," which deals with
school violence.
An anonymous
writer posted an article on the community site "Hey Korean" for
Koreans living in the U.S. that he was assaulted by producer Ahn in the
Philippines in 1996.
Writer, who was
attending school in the Philippines, claimed that producer Ahn, who was a high
school senior at the time, dated a female student who was in the 2nd grade of
middle school, and when her classmates teased her, producer Ahn called them and
assaulted them.
Writer claims
that there were 10 people, including producer Ahn, at the site of the incident,
and that they were assaulted for about two hours.
In a phone call
with Yonhap News, writer said, "It was so terrible, but time assed and I
forgot," adding, "One day, I heard from a friend who was in the same
grade in the Philippines that it was Ahn Gil-ho who made 'The Glory'."
"Maybe the
perpetrator doesn't remember, but I posted because I was so angry and
dumbfounded that he was a producer of the drama dealing with school
violence," he said. "I want a proper apology and reflection."
In response, Ahn
denied the allegations, saying, "I have studied abroad in the Philippines
for about a year, but I have never been involved in physical conflicts with
Korean students."
Producer Ahn said
in a phone call with Yonhap News, "It never happened," adding,
"No matter how much I think about it, I don't remember hitting someone in
a group."
"The
Glory," in which Part 2 will be released at 5 p.m. on the same day, is a
story of Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo), whose soul was broken by school
violence, taking revenge on the perpetrators after becoming an adult.
(This article is
translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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