It was recently reported that Producer Ahn Joon Young, who was previously charged with manipulating the voting results on Mnet's K-pop audition program series 'Produce 101', has allegedly rejoined Mnet after nearly a year after his release from prison.

According to YTN Star exclusive report, the producer allegedly rejoined Mnet's music business department as a producer after previously being sentenced to two years in prison for manipulating voting results in the popular 'Producer 101' series. Now he has allegedly returned to his position in Mnet following his prison release.

Producer Ahn was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 37 million KRW by the court. He was found guilty in both the first and second trials despite an appeal. He further appealed to the Supreme Court, but the lower court's decision was upheld. Ahn completed his entire two-year sentence and was released from prison in November 2021.

With the news that producer Ahn Joon Young has returned to Mnet, Korean netizens are speechless and shared their thoughts on the matter. They commented, "Wonder if he's going to do more survival programs," "He's going to deceive us again," "Mnet is just amazing, but not in a good way," "How did Mnet accept him again?" "He might have taken the fall for the higher-ups who were really behind the manipulation," "This is not even surprising," "I saw this coming," "Dang," "I really think this confirms that he took the fall," "I just feel bad for X1," "Well he took a good vacation," "It's so crazy how he's entered the company again," "That is the worst," "This is so ridiculous," "He went back to the music business department again?" "The idols who really deserved the debut spot are the only ones who suffered so much," "I kind of thought he would return to Mnet again," and "Wow, this is so ridiculous."