On March 2, Maroo Entertainment released a statement about the legal action they are taking against malicious comments on behalf of their artist, Park Ji Hoon.

Their statement reads:

Hello, this is Maroo Entertainment. Recently, we once again confirmed that false facts, malicious rumors, slanderous comments, and personal attacks about our artist, Park Ji Hoon, are being thoughtlessly posted on online communities and social media.

We are informing you that it is our policy to take severe legal action, using all the legal processes that are available to us, against these malicious comments, people who spread these comments, and any behavior that damages our artist’s reputation and character.

Once again, we state that we will be pursuing civil and criminal action against any behavior that damages our artist’s reputation and character.

In order to ensure that additional damage is not incurred, our agency is actively monitoring online communities and social media for the spread of false rumors, and we ask that fans send us information they find as well.

Thank you.