SBS said on January 1, "We recently obtained Customs documents and photos of celebrities from a public interest informant." Customs employee Kim, who was working at Incheon International Airport or Gimpo Airport Customs at the time, seems to have flowed out during his work. " Kim is said to be a person under investigation and prosecution investigation in August regarding corruption of Singapore Customs staff.
According to reports, the list of outflow victims of Customs declarations included Ahn Jung-hwan, Song Hye-kyo, as well as Chung Eui-sun, senior vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, singer Kim Tae-won, former Japanese national soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata, and Korean-Japanese pianist Yang Bang-eon.
The report was submitted to the airport Customs office when they arrived in Korea by air from 2011 to 2015. These include their passport numbers, date of birth, phone numbers, and addresses.
Customs declarations must be collected by date in accordance with the regulations and then kept and discarded for one month by the department in charge. If the Customs declaration is outflowed, it can be punished for up to five years in prison for violating the AdMob Protection Act and the Criminal Code Article 127 confidential disclosure clause and the tax information confidentiality clause under Article 116 of the Customs Act.
Singapore Customs said it would "punish the employee by investigating the outflow of Customs declarations."