Following RIIZE Seunghan, some ARMYs seemingly followed suit and began sending protest wreaths in front of HYBE to demand Suga’s departure from the group.
On October 20, members of the K-pop community, especially the BTS fandom, were alarmed after they learned that Suga received funeral wreaths, which called for the idol’s forced withdrawal from the septet.
The fan who organized the protest in front of HYBE stated that it was an event permitted by the Yongsan Police Station.
With this, they warned those who wanted to disrupt or damage the flower wreaths that they would be immediately reported to the police and charged with damaging property.
Currently, there are bodyguards keeping the wreaths safe from being potentially destroyed by other fans.
On X (formerly Twitter), footages from the scene circulated, which revealed that the wreath ribbons contained the texts “The stage is not a place for criminals,” “A criminal wants to be an idol? Drunk driving is not a crime against humanity,” and more.
OT6 K-ARMYs demand the superstar to leave BTS due to his DUI scandal using an electric scooter in August.
At the time, he obtained a 0.227% blood alcohol content, the highest among idols. While he almost faced a 2 to 5 years prison sentence for driving with this BAC, he was only fined 15 million KRW ($11,000).
This protest is supposed to to take place for three days, or until October 22. However, as of Sunday, the wreaths have already been removed by the company.
Meanwhile, OT7 ARMYs showed strong opposition against this move. They continue reporting the said group to the authorities.
Earlier, OT6 K-BRIIZEs (RIIZE fans) also sent over 1,000 wreaths in front of SM, and in the end, Seunghan was removed from the team for dating and smoking during his pre-debut days.
Attention is being paid to what position the agency HYBE will take on the fans’ wreath protest.
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