The management agency of boy band BIGBANG ended sales of merchandise related to the disgraced former band member Seungri, while major broadcasters stopped servicing VOD contents featuring the singer and another scandal-ridden artist, Jung Joon-young, in the aftermath of the broadening sex and corruption scandal centering on the two K-pop stars.

SINGAPORE - Last Saturday, in an interview with Korean daily Chosun Ilbo, former BigBang singer Seungri denied he had asked his staff to procure prostitutes for foreign investors at nightclub Arena.