Jang Ja-yeon's 2009 suicide: Committee not calling for new probe into sexual-assault claims


None of the people who allegedly preyed on South Korean actress Jang Ja-yeon before her suicide in 2009 has been charged in court.PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD / ASIA NEWS NETWORK

SEOUL (ANN): When South Korean actress Jang Ja-yeon committed suicide in 2009, she left behind an account of being sexually abused by 40 men in the business and media circles.

None of the people who allegedly preyed on her has been charged in court despite public calls for justice.

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