A recent Threads post by an alleged former HYBE Labels employee is garnering attention for "exposing Bang Si Hyuk's political leanings".
The former HYBE Labels employee wrote a few days before South Korea's 21st Presidential Election:
"It was a Sunday a few days before the 2017 election. There was work to do so I went to work and ended up going to eat with the company's president. A kalguksu joint in front of the company building.
The mood was restless over an early election caused by the impeachment of the former president. I was always a moderate conservative, but at the time I was having mixed feelings about who to vote for.
The company president then said to me,
'We need to vote for Moon Jae In!'
I acted like I hadn't heard him.
'We need to vote for Moon Jae In if we want to save this country!'
'Um sorry... I'm a moderate conservative...'
Hearing this, he suddenly grabbed my hand and pleaded with me to vote for Moon Jae In.
I was extremely uncomfortable and shaken by the situation.
I politely disclosed my political inclination only to have him not only force his views on me, but also instigate unwanted physical contact.
Isn't this a case of power abuse in the workplace?
8 years have passed. He's now a billionaire who is about to be investigated by the Financial Supervisory Service and the Prosecutor's Office.
Just sharing an unpleasant experience that suddenly came to my mind now that the election is around the corner."
Meanwhile, the South Korea's 19th Presidential Election occurred on May 9, 2017. Moon Jae In, representing the Democratic Party of Korea, the country's leading progressive party, won by a voting rate of 41.08%.
Based on the alleged former employee's post, many netizens speculated that Bang Si Hyuk likely voted progressive once again for the 21st Presidential Elections, which resulted in the Democratic Party representative Lee Jae Myung's victory.
K-netizens commented,
"For real? I thought he'd vote conservative for sure. Well that is a surprise kekekekeke."
"South Koreans who are in their forties and fifties now were born and raised during the peak of Korea's democratic movements. Of course most of them are progressive. It's the men in their twenties and thirties who are the problem.."
"Okay so that rules out those ridiculous rumors that 'rich people vote conservative' lol."
"Well, it's good to know that even a money-hungry otaku pig who is about to go to prison for fraud still has normal political views."
"He's just a greedy businessman. He's not dumb."
"Well, I'm glad that this employee isn't with HYBE anymore."
"Okay so if you're one of those trolls saying that 'rich people vote conservative', now I know you're either lying about being rich or lying about being conservative kekekekekeke. Because you are definitely not richer than him!"
"It's so funny that this person wrote this thinking they would 'expose' Bang Si Hyuk for something but that is just a normal political view honey kekekekekeke."
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