This news really made fans crazy even though it happened earlier this year, but now, the case has been brought up again and RM is the one being blamed while he is the v1ctim. More notably, when the vict1m of the incident was performing m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service to protect the Fatherland, the bad guy had his title restored and received a full salary, without having to take responsibility for his actions.
Fans are currently very upset over the news that was widely spread on December 22 after the Central Committee issued a final statement after reviewing the incident of KORAIL's staff. This final decision was reported because the employee had applied for relief to the Central Committee for being unfairly dismissed.
Detailed information about the incident and fans' reactions are summarized in the article below:
Invading the privacy of stars has become a burning problem in the kσrєαn entertainment industry. In early March this year, SBS News shook the public when it reported that RM had his personal information violated by a railway employee 18 times over the past 3 years. Accordingly, an executive officer of Korail (kσrєαn Railway Group) ilℓєgαℓly accessed the address information, phone number, phone type, train schedule... of the BTS leader.
This information is used by RM to book train tickets and must be completely confidential by the Korail system. However, this employee took advantage of his authority to access information and use it for personal purposes. After being investigated, this person also confessed to gathering information to meet him in person and also informed his friends so they could book seats on the train close to RM. Korail subsequently investigated and fired the violating employee.
However, the case is not over yet and shows signs of progress in the opposite direction compared to Korail's decision earlier this year. Specifically, on December 22, kσrєαn media reported that the KORAIL employee who accessed RM personal information without authorization returned to work after a new trial.
In details, it was confirmed that Yoon, an employee of the kσrєα Railroad Corporation who was fired for accessing the personal information of RM (Kim Namjoon) without permission, was reinstated after a retrial. According to the Central Labor Relations Commission's retrial decision for Mr. Yoon obtained from the kσrєα Railroad Corporation by the office of Rep. Kim Doo-gwan of the Democratic Party of kσrєα, the Central Labor Relations Commission ordered Mr. Yoon to be reinstated on the 14th of last month and pay him the wages he would have received if he had worked normally during the dismissal period.
Mr. Yoon was fired in April for collecting BTS RM's personal information and ticket issuance details 18 times over the past three years since 2019, and also accessing other employees' personal information without permission. The first retrial held at the request of Mr. Yoon, who objected to this, was dismissed, saying, ‘The degree of misconduct is serious and even intentionality is acknowledged’ but the Central Labor Relations Commission, which is the final trial, overturned the decision, saying it was unfair dismissal.
The Central Labor Committee explained, ‘The kσrєα Railroad Corporation used the numerous media reports that RM's personal information was viewed without permission at the time as a basis for the decision to dismiss. ‘This appears to be due to RM's popularity rather than Mr. Yoon's misconduct.’ The Central Labor Relations Commission also pointed out, ‘Considering that the railroad company has never fired an employee in another incident that violated the Personal Information Protection Act, firing Mr. Yoon was unfair.’ The kσrєα Railroad Corporation announced yesterday that it had reinstated Mr. Yoon and paid all of his overdue salary in accordance with the decision of the Central Labor Relations Commission.
After reading the news, fans were extremely angry at the way the Central Committee blamed RM's vict1m because he was a celebrity so his private life was easily violated. Fans pointed out that there is no justice for idols like RM and that they are also citizens but are not protected by the law. Even though BTS and RM have contributed so much to the country, he still doesn't get respect in return.
Fans are currently very upset and expressed their opinions on SNS:
- He committed a crime but because Namjoon is a celebrity and others have comitted the same crime without being fired, we can't fire him. So, the next time he sells another popular person's info to a crazy person, and that person does the unthinkable... then what?
- wtf? what the h3ll is that act for then?
- kσrєα has some serious issues with it's law. Tell me where i can sign the petition against this. Argh.
- Well it’s unfair he obtained personal information without Namjoon’s and the other employees permission.
- Why they get RM to serve the country while that corrupted public transport company treat him like
- so this crime is reoccurring issue in that company and it gets swiped under rug !?They can't do justice even for a famous person then how reliable is it for general public !? ridiculous corporation, ridiculous rules that support crimes this freely and openly
- This is not justice. Someone's fame doesn't excuse your ilℓєgαℓ and malicious actions.
- May our boys be always protected (better protected). This breaks my heart because the law can’t even protect their safety or privacy
- this is ridiculous what about his rights just because he's a celebrity leaking his personal details is suddenly not a crime anymore istg sk is worst than I thought
- Sometimes I hate kσrєαn's law. I don't understand the criteria or jurisprudence used in this case. The employee was neglect and admitted his intention to use Namjoon's information to his own benefits. I'm very angry!.
- All right, which person from the Central Labor Committee got their palms greased so they make this go away?
- This just tells everyone that your personal private information is not important to them. Celebrity or not, they don't treat it as significant. I hope less people use this service. Especially any kind of celebrity.
- That employer should get stalked and exposed online then perhaps he will value the privacy of others more...
- Booooo! That’s personal information people! How about we turn the tables? Unbelievable
- It's so ridiculous. That person should be jail.and you all give him payment.
- Wait, so he got reinstated because Joon is popular, so it was wrong to fire him for accessing someone's private information, because the person was popular??? What the actual FXCK??? How does that even make sense???
- "This appears to be due to RM's popularity rather than Mr. Yoon's misconduct" implies that it's okay to stalk people when they're famous. Now I see why the stalker problem is so hard to extinguish in S. kσrєα... They normalize it.