It was confirmed that the seizure notice was leaked amid criticism by group BTS member Jimin (real name Park Jimin) over the controversy over delinquent health insurance premiums.
On April 24, an image of the seizure notice document scanned with Jimin's personal information (resident registration number, owned real estate address, etc.) was spread online. The original post has been deleted, but the leak and source have not been clarified.
Big Hit Music, a related agency, said on the 25th, "I have nothing to say."
Jimin was in arrears from last year to this year and was seized in January this year by expensive apartment Nine One Hannam (purchased for about 5.9 billion won in May last year). According to Article 81 of the National Health Insurance Act, the National Health Insurance Corporation will dispose of the delinquent payment with the approval of the Minister of Health and Welfare when the person who has been urged to pay the health insurance premiums does not pay the premiums until the payment deadline.
In the case of health insurance premiums, it is not a tax, but it is forcibly collected in the case of delinquent national taxes. It is a measure to protect the taxpayers of premiums and to improve the national equity.
The agency said on the afternoon of the 24th, "This is a mistake about some mail in the process of receiving the mail that arrived at The Artist's accommodation first and delivering it to The Artist. Jimin has not been aware of the delinquency due to overseas schedules and long-term vacations since the end of last year, and after confirming it, he has paid the full amount of the delinquency and has now closed the issue. "He said.
The unfortunate point is that he emphasized the termination of the issue by expressing "the company's work fault" without clearly revealing the exact delinquency period, the amount of delinquency, and the repayment Sigi.
Some questioned that Jimin had been hospitalized at a domestic hospital when he had an appendicitis surgery on January 31, so he could not have recognized the fact of delinquent health insurance premiums until April (repayment Sigi). There is no explanation for this.
Jimin was late to realize the delinquency and settled the situation by paying the full amount of the arrears, but he was criticized for being a man and a delinquent. Even after the fact of the delinquency was revealed, there was no direct explanation or apology.
Payment of health insurance premiums is a basic basis for the majority of people to keep faithfully as a member of the people, leaving the occupational group and income level. This is why there is a high voice that we hope that such careless negligence will not recur in the future.