On Thursday, January 12th, it was reported that K-Pop star Ravi of VIXX will be investigated for possibly falsifying his medical evaluation and evading active duty in the Korean army, which is an obligation of every male Korean citizen.
The agency of the VIXX boy band member assured that they are still “finding out the details“, but that the rapper will cooperate with the police if he is summoned at any time.
According to Korean press, a group of men who helped others to forge documents to be exempted from military service were recently arrested, one of them, called ‘broker Gu‘ confessed that among his clients were celebrities, athletes and rappers.
Apparently #Vixx #Ravi is among charged by the prosecution + military manpower administration for violating the Military Service Act after the investigation
He was among those who claimed to have epilepsy as reason to be assigned to public service work https://t.co/o0MMHjsI0U https://t.co/AkrEwCCQtb pic.twitter.com/pszo4qQwrl
— ƒαrαн (@twinkyxstar) January 13, 2023
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Gu was a former officer who used his knowledge of the procedures for entering the “civilian worker” classification, the least demanding form of military service. One of those methods would be to give false diagnoses of epilepsy in collusion.
According to SBS, documents related to Ravi were found on the arrested man’s phone and the prosecution will call him to testify soon.
Ravi enlisted in military service in October as a social worker for health reasons. It was not specified what the illness or diagnosis of his evaluation was.
