There are fewer than 100 days remaining until former Big Bang member Seungri is released from prison.
Seungri, who has caused much stir internationally beyond Korea when his criminal charges were revealed, will be released from prison in February of 2023.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of South Korea finalized a sentence of 1.5 years in prison for Seungri. Previously, Seungri was indicted for a total of 9 criminal charges in January of 2020, including solicitation of illegal prostitution, illegal overseas gambling, the spread of illegally filmed sexual content, embezzlement, threatening, and assault. During his initial military court trial, Seungri was found guilty of all 9 charges and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. However, after filing an appeal, the High Military Court reduced his sentence to 1.5 years.
After Seungri was discharged from the military on June 9 of this year, he was transferred to a civilian prison. Netizens were outraged because media outlets at the time were reporting that Seungri would be released from prison in only 8 months.
It has now been about six months since the transfer, and Seungri awaits his release in February 2023.
As time passes quickly, many Korean netizens are taken aback to realize that there are only two months left until Seungri's release and are worried that he might resume his activities on YouTube.
Netizens commented their concerns, saying, "I guess we'll see him on YouTube now," "He's going to turn to YouTube," "Geez," "Please don't return to YouTube I don't want to see you at all," "what?" "He's being released in just two more months?" "This is so crazy," "We'll definitely see him on YouTube," "I don't care if he's released or not," "How is he being released already?" and "He's going to return to that underworld."
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