'Gangnam Style' fame PSY to be interrogated by police in a K-pop sex scandal

South Korean music industry is possibly on its biggest boom currently where every artist and music is rocking the charts everywhere. But the industry certainly seems to have taken a massive hit by a scandal that has several K-pop stars, moguls. cops and agencies involved.

According to a report in Hollywood Reporter, Gangnam Style fame Psy has been summoned by the police for questioning for prostitution allegations involving the founder of his former agency. 

On May 27, South Korean network MBC's investigative news program Straight broke the story about Yang Hyun-suk, founder of K-pop giant YG Entertainment, allegedly procuring prostitution services for foreign investors at a dinner in July 2014. Psy had previously been represented by YG Entertainment for eight years, including the time that saw him have much global success with "Gangnam Style," until May 2018. He is known to have remained close friends with Yang, with whom he attended the dinner in question.

Psy has denied having been aware of any illegal activity that took place during the event, which was attended by Southeast Asian investors, including disgraced Malaysian businessman Jho Low. A fugitive who is wanted in Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S., Low has also been known for throwing lavish parties attended by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton — and Psy.

Shortly after the show aired, Psy posted on Instagram that "Jho Lo is indeed my friend." He continued to say that "Jho Low was quite active in the Hollywood show business sector during the time I knew him," referring to the period he rose to international stardom with YouTube mega-hit "Gangnam Style," and that he had introduced the businessman to Yang. The singer, however, said he and Yang left early after dinner and drinks.

Seungri, formerly a member of South Korean boy band Big Bang, is seen arriving at a Seoul police station on March 14.