In relation to the late Kim Sae-ron case, actor Kim Soo-hyun's lawyer issued an additional statement on the 12th and once again offered a detailed rebuttal to the family's and others' claims.
Go Sang-rok, Kim Soo-hyun's attorney, said on his channel on the 12th, "After the National Forensic Service's analysis results, I feel a current toward quick case handling from the investigative team," and added, "Because investigations require confidentiality, I will wait for the police's judgment."
He also once again emphasized the nonexistence of the "thousands of photos" of Kim Soo-hyun and the late Kim Sae-ron. Attorney Go said, "There are no thousands of photos. They cannot exist, so of course they do not," he insisted.
Regarding the shooting date of the photo taken at the end of February 2020 in which the deceased and Kim Soo-hyun are pictured with their faces close together, he said that the opposing counsel claimed, 'That photo was already public before I was appointed as the family's representative, so I have nothing to say,' and added, "It clearly appears they acknowledge it was taken at the end of February 2020. The family says they believed the photo, taken when the deceased was a sophomore in college, was from first year of high school, but as I have said many times, that is hard to believe on common-sense grounds."
He also said that the sender name of the June 2016 KakaoTalk message ("When can I hold you and fall asleep?") was listed as "unknown," and "the basis for claiming that it was actor Kim Soo-hyun is the deceased's younger sibling's assertion, and when you hear the reason it is so absurd it makes you smirk," he argued.
He also said, "There are no additional letters beyond the publicly released military letters." Attorney Go explained, "The family claims, 'It wasn't a physical letter but many internet letters were sent and the aunt saw them,' but that makes no sense at all," and added, "At the time, military internet letters were simply a way for family or fans to send messages via publicly accessible web portals; they were not sent out by service members. And the content was in a public format that anyone could view and read."
He continued, "During training camp, soldiers received internet letters sent from outside that were printed out by instructors and distributed during daily roll call. Actor Kim Soo-hyun simply received more internet letters than other colleagues because fans wrote many messages while he was serving, and those letters were all ordinary fan support messages that were accessible to anyone through public channels. Also, Kim Soo-hyun never sent the deceased a personal email while serving in the military. Therefore, the aunt's claim that she opened the deceased's email and 'checked personal messages from the military' cannot stand. If that claim were true, it would mean someone accessed the deceased's email account without authorization — in other words, hacking. If so, they should just release the relevant materials right now," he said.
Earlier, Park Jeong-bo, chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, said at a regular press briefing, "Related incidents were divided and assigned to several divisions, which slowed the investigation to some extent, but now it will proceed with a sense of speed," and added, "A substantial portion of the investigation has already been conducted, and the existing investigation team will continue to handle the case."
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