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JYPE accused of NOT taking legal action against privacy invasion after Stray Kids' Seungmin slams sasaengs

'What is with these Sasaengs who wait in front of our dorms even until this time invading our privacy...?' Stray Kids' Seungmin wrote on Bubble

JYP Entertainment, home to globally popular K-pop groups like Stray Kids, Twice, and many more, has been slammed once again for not taking the privacy of K-pop idols more seriously. Fans have outraged against the entertainment mogul after Stray Kids’ Seungmin took to Bubble message to speak up about the issue, mentioning how stalkers aka sasaengs are constantly invading their privacy.

The Stray Kids singer posted on Bubble, a messenger to speak to fans about the severity of the privacy invasion saying, "What is with these Sasaengs who wait in front of our dorms even until this time invading our privacy...? There are so many people who are being affected, including the company's bodyguards, the staff members, and even the residents! I'm sorry I wrote this here where so many of our Stays who support us have to see this."

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'Korea's law is weak about stalking'

After Stray Kids’ Seungmin spoke of the invasion issue, fans took it to social media to outrage against the media outlet for not taking proper actions to ensure the K-pop idols' safety. A fan said, “Stray Kids Seungmin talked abt the saesang situation on bubble do you guys realize how serious this is? ALSO AT 2 AM? It’s a sick thing to begin with but yet they are still continuing? What is going on in those peoples head while crushing someones privacy?” Another noted, "the fact that I can't even trust jype anymore about handling sasaeng issues because as an ahgase myself I've seen members uploaded about ssg a lot of times on their personal sns.. korea's law is weak about stalking I know it too but at least please do smth!" A fan posted, "Can not explain accurately in words the fury this ignites in me! Saesang behaviour is fucking disgusting - get a life is right Seungmin baby." A fan spoke for all saying, "just saw seungmins bbl messages and omg????? sasaengs are truly the definition of sad....whatever happened must’ve been bad for seungmin to have go on bbl & rant abt him and he shouldn’t have to apologise:( jyp for the 1000th time, protect ur idols better!!!"

Earlier this month, TWICE fans spoke of the issue of protecting K-pop stars when they slammed JYPE for not protecting TWICE stars in the light of the 'Slave Room' controversy. According to reports, online forums which go by the name of 'slave rooms' were being operated by an unknown individual to spread malice against various girl groups. Know all about the controversy here.

Stray Kids will be seen next in Mnet's much-anticipated reality show 'Kingdom' starting April 1. Check out the entire lineup here.