12th June 2019, news outlets around the world covered the story of how Kim Han Bin, also known as B.I of iKON, was accused of drug usage in 2016.
The news had broken the hearts of many KPOP fans.
It was said that this case was closed back in 2016 because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove it and it is now reopened due to the insight given by Han Seo Hee (the one who caused tons of scandal in the KPOP industry) to the police department.
When it was said that 2019 was not a good year for the KPOP world, we really meant it. On that same day, Han Bin announced his withdrawal from iKON.
There were day counts with hashtags on social media, hoping that Han Bin would come back to us very soon.
#HelloHanbinIsFree
loud and proud since day1
finally…im glad i stayed 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/rnX62SAuJb— 🔜마라 (@nunaMJ1022) February 27, 2020
#HelloHanbinIsFree trends #1 worldwide and in several different countries on Twitter as today marks the end of a major battle for iKONICs. After 9 months of investigating, former leader of iKON, Kim Han Bin, tested negative for any drug usage, thus proving him innocent. Articles on this case as well as his name are also trending now on search engines such as Naver and Weibo.
#HelloHanbinIsFree is now trending in 28 countries & 1 Worldwide with
15 #1s 215.6K tweets 👏🏻#iKON@YG_iKONIC@ikon_shxxbi pic.twitter.com/gH3xHUZHBL
— iKON Charts (@chartsikon_) February 27, 2020
Although we still need to wait for the prosecutors to do the remaining and have the case closed, it indeed is a joyous day for the fans around the world who had been in this long painful fight with Han Bin as this exciting news made us so relieved and left us with happy tears streaming down our faces.
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