‘Jang Ja-yeon Letters’ prove to be fakes
Korean authorities said recently uncovered letters allegedly written by late Korean actress Jang Ja-yeon, who took her own life in 2009, have proven to be fake, reported Korean media. The letters, which claimed Jang was forced to provide sexual favours to over 30 people on over 100 occasions by her management, came to light after a Korean broadcaster reported on them last week and caused a stir among Koreans.
Amidst calls to re-investigate the case, Korean police had seized the letters from an inmate named Jeon – Jang’s alleged acquaintance whom she was said to have sent her letters to – and sent them to Korea’s National Forensic Service (NFS) to determine their authenticity. “After comparing Jang Ja-yeon’s handwriting, Jeon’s handwriting and the handwriting in the letters in question, the results show that the handwriting in the letters is not the same as Jang’s,” said Yang Hoo-yeo of the NFS in a press briefing on Wednesday morning.
“Jang Ja-yeon did not write these letters.” In addition, Yang said the results of the NFS studies suggest the letters might have been fabricated by Jeon because “many of the grammatical errors in the letters are consistent with those in Jeon’s personal correspondences”.
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