ZE:A's Kwanghee speaks up in defense of Lee Hoo to say there was no money exchanged with CEO 

ZE:A\'s Kwanghee speaks up in defense of Lee Hoo to say there was no money exchanged during the dispute with Star Empire CEO

Kwanghee cleared up rumors pertaining to the situation with ZE:A, especially regarding the ones that speculated that leader Lee Hoo (Junyoung) had decided not to reveal the \'explosive secrets\' after receiving money during his meeting with Star Empire CEO Shin Joo Hak.

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Kwanghee opened up about the sensitive situation on his Instagram on the 24th, writing, "Hello, it\'s ZE:A\'s Kwanghee. After a long talk late at night on Sunday, the conversation between all of our ZE:A members and agency ended on a positive direction. All of the members participated and my heart felt as ease because we were able to solve the issue amicably. However, my heart is not at peace right now due to the misunderstandings that have risen concerning leader Junyoung. There are rumors that Junyoung received money to quickly resolve the matter. It is totally false. All of our members were present at the meeting and Junyoung did not receive any money. Junyoung, our members, and agency, who all work hard on ZE:A\'s behalf, will work to greet you with good news. We apologize for causing worry and concern to many."

Lee Hoo and Star Empire also previously revealed that they were able to work things out for the time being with some big changes being implemented. However, since Lee Hoo seemed pretty determined to reveal these secret documents he had on his CEO, netizens began to question whether he had simply wanted money for his silence due to the situation being wrapped up so quickly. 

Lee Hoo had posted a series of tweets to clarify that he and the CEO were just able to come to a mutual understanding after a long conversation and tears being spilled, and it seems Kwanghee also wanted to help make the situation a bit more clear for the doubters.

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 I wish ZE:A the best,never being  a big fan but I listened to their songs.I knew because of Kwanghee too.

Ok... Well let me just say this, money isn\'t the only thing that can shut up a person. And no, I really don\'t think it ended to well cuz that kind of happy endings don\'t happen in real life... And if maybe they did actually talk it out fine and nice (doubt it though) then I\'m sure it won\'t last long.

(But yeah... It\'s none of my business even if I\'d love to know more about it:)

I don\'t know zea well, but I wish them all the best in the future!

nice chap kwanghee! good of him to speak up for his leader at this time :)

Not on every silence of a recent issue means receiving money. There are really things that end with a good result. I am glad that CEO of Star Empire and Lee Hoo were able to talked it over silently and peacefully. There maybe tears shed but it\'s good that everything\'s good now.

Aww... I wanted to know what the big explosive secret was...

well i dont suspect them to receive any money as well, the first thought that come to my mind after knowing that they\'ve rosolve their problem is "if the problem can be resolve by talking, why did junyoung make a fuss at twitter beforehand?" its not that i say his action is wrong, but for me its not wise of him for making a lot of fuss even bringing other agencies and broadcast PD and threat them on social media like that when the fact is they can solve it by talking a couple of hours

again, not that im not supporting them, no i feel happy for them when they finally get what they want but please be wise at the future

no, really. i think many of us here are not taking into consideration of the possibility that maybe, it wouldn\'t have been resolved that easily if he hadn\'t gone public with his feelings, he mentioned that he had pleaded and talked to the CEO but not listened to. sure he shouldn\'t bring up so many other parties in, i wouldn\'t deny that. but maybe he\'s that desperate. if he didn\'t do so, maybe, his CEO could easily find support from other influential people to shut him up. he\'s clearing that possibility through the threat, not the wisest thing. but hey, i can\'t give any better advice myself to criticize his method. he knows his CEO better than any of us. so many people are complaining that he took such a severe method when it could be settled so easily...but what we fail to consider....would it be settled easily had he not gone this upfront? and besides, with rumours of the mafia/underworld involvement...going public might be the safest way of him to ensure nothing would be done to him or the members n if something done to them, everyone would get a clue....if that\'s the case, i would say he\'s quite smart....i\'d rather everyone leave his writing/message conveying skills alone, the guy is in so much emotional distress and who knows that they\'re going through for us spectators to make any fuss about such thing.

@nofreak i never say that what he did is wrong, but again its not wise in my opinion whether there\'s mafia involved or not, if he has so much data like he said why dont he just handed it to prosecutor and let the law speaking rather than this way because the situation right now is netizen is confused as hell so they started to accuse him with really really bad comment and if its true that he has depression that would be not good too for him, i dont want that happen coz i do care about him and the other member

@115611221 You do know that if he takes it to court, firstly, it\'s a lot of money, it\'ll be a loss for him and the members since they obviously don\'t have much money (that\'s why they\'re having this dispute). Secondly, it might take years for the issue to be resolved if taken to court. They just want this to be settled quickly without fuss. it\'s just that the leader had no choice but to resort to the media for attention (and also partially in case something happens to him, like someone from the company shutting him up, for good, at least the issue will be known and if something did happen to him, we know who\'s behind it).

It\'s nice to see Kwanghee speak up to protect not only his leader but his donsaeng. As someone who is always open and honest, I hope his message will clear the misunderstanding and rumours.

Mistreatment of their artists in terms of physical and possible sexual abuse.

Junyoung is clearly at breaking point and has no other way of getting his message out.

it\'s so hard to see kwanghee be serious so, i\'m believe you  i\'m hope this situation complete and not make other member stress. zeA fighting!

tbh i don\'t blame the leader\'s actions in taking care of this matter, If i were to be on the edge of falling, i would rant online...but i\'m glad everything is making progress ♥ ZE:A 

ohmygosh!!! this is the best news ever!!! not the fact that anything solve, which i doubt...but someone finally speaking up for Junyoung n it\'s none other than the best buddy, Kwanghee!!!! my heart is exploding with happiness!!! thank you Kwanghee!!!! and this is just one of the many reasons i love him so damn much!!!

I love Kwanghee even more! Thank you for doing this Kwanghee. :-)

Well, this answers the question about where the other members were in all this. Moon Leader is taking all the backlash, but all of them had the opportunity to take part in the negotiations. Love Kwanghee for standing up for his leader, underneath all the noise and bluff there is a heart of gold in that one.

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I\'m glad Kwanghee was able to speak on behalf of the members and especially Junyoung. I\'m not saying that Lee Hoo wasn\'t professional with the situation (the rants make it contradicting though tbh). But Kwanghee who handled our anxiety over this, he had really relieved the fans by making a statement. Thank you Kwanghee for clearing things up, your honesty never fails to surprise us. We hope ZE;A will overcome this and the company will start making better changes. I wasn\'t proud that the situation was handled so quickly, but I\'m glad its over. ^__^

Kwanghee and Lee Hoo joined Star Empire together, glad to see they\'re still sticking together after all this time. ^^

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