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Singer Na Denies Rumors

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

"The police should be after the people who started those malignant rumors, not me".

Renowned trot singer Na Hoon-a, 61, has reacted negatively to a series of rumors surrounding him.

Na is a well-known trot singer who began his singing career in 1960s and released many hit songs including "Japcho (Weed)" and "Musiro". But he disappeared from the public eye after canceling a concert last March.

After his vanishing, rumors emerged that he was harmed by yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, due to an illicit relationship with an actress who is a mistress of yakuza boss.

Actress Kim Hye-soo, 38, and Kim Sun-a, 33, both officially denied the rumors that they were the yakuza's mistresses.

The Korea Times' sister company, Sports Hankook, accompanied the police investigating Na's disappearance and found out that Na is well and the rumor was untrue.

An unnamed police official ensured that Na is fit and healthy and traveling within the country. The police did not meet the troubled singer in person but traced his whereabouts through various channels such as his family and his agency.

Busan Metropolitan Police Agency primarily started the investigation because the rumor was related to the yakuza. Since Na had nothing to do with the yakuza, they provisionally closed the investigation on Na.

However, Na has not presented himself in public and the police want him to come forward and clear the rumors surrounding him directly.

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