South Korean entertainer Lee Sun-kyun, most popular for his part in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been tracked down dead in an obvious self destruction in focal Seoul.
Police found the body of the entertainer, who was 48, in a vehicle close to a city leave on Wednesday. They accept Lee ended his own life, Yonhap news office reports.
Police said before they had gotten a report that he had left his home subsequent to composing a note.
He had been being scrutinized for supposed unlawful medication use since October.
Lee's body was taken to Seoul Public College Medical clinic after police found his vehicle close to Waryong Park. Reports say his family have declined a dissection and he will be covered on Friday.
Police have started an examination to lay out the subtleties around his demise, including when he showed up at the scene where his body was found, and the hour of his passing.
In Parasite, Lee played the patriarch of the rich Park family which is penetrated by individuals from an unfortunate family acting like irrelevant people. The horrendous social parody won four Oscars, including best picture.
Yonhap revealed that he was associated with consuming medications like cannabis and ketamine with a lady at a bar in Seoul. He had said that however he took what she gave him, he had not realized that they were unlawful medications.
The entertainer had apparently let the police know that he utilized drugs at her home on numerous occasions - something he denied. He had before mentioned through his legal counselor to take an untruth indicator test.
His medication tests had returned negative or uncertain outcomes, the report added.
Police said they lamented that Lee had kicked the bucket in the midst of examinations, however that the request had been "directed with [his] assent", News1 Korea revealed. Lee went through three rounds of addressing, with one meeting last Saturday enduring 19 hours, as per Yonhap.
Lee's organization, HODU&U Diversion, said in an explanation: "It is basically impossible to contain the distress and misery. We consciously ask that you avoid spreading bogus realities in light of hypothesis... with the goal that [Lee's] last excursion won't be uncalled for."
Fresh insight about his passing areas of strength for ignited on the web.
"I can't envision how troublesome it probably been for him. Find happiness in the hereafter," read a remark on one of the news reports.
"Aren't VIPs human? Individuals can commit errors in their lives. It's so miserable," said another.
There was additionally acclaim for his work.
One fan, composing on X (previously Twitter), expressed: "I giggled and cried a ton while watching your acting. Much obliged to you."
The entertainer, who was hitched to entertainer Jeon Hye-jin and had two youthful children with her, had a profession traversing over twenty years.
He featured as the lead in many movies and Network programs, turning into an easily recognized name through the 2010s.
He rose to worldwide acclaim with Parasite, as it turned into the principal non-English language film to win the Best Picture Oscar.
In South Korea, VIPs are held to elevated requirements of legitimacy.
Lee had a clean as a whistle, family-man picture before his supposed medication use, however reports that rose up out of the examination made significant harm his standing.
Addressing columnists in late October prior to going into a police headquarters for addressing, he said: "I earnestly apologize for making extraordinary disillusionment many individuals by being engaged with such an undesirable episode.
"I feel frustrated about my family, which is persevering through such troublesome agony as of now."
Lee was dropped from No chance to get Out, a secret television series that started shooting in October. As indicated by reports, a few organizations were seen bringing down banners and commercials highlighting Lee from their stores.
Drug offenses, including those including the use of weed, are viewed as serious violations in South Korea. Utilization of pot conveys jail sentences of as long as five years.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has promised a crackdown on drugs. This year, the country's specialists extended its medication wrongdoings office and the public police boss guaranteed "an all out battle" on drug violations.
Lee isn't the main South Korean superstar who has been researched for drug use as of late. Recently, K-pop star G-Mythical serpent was gotten free from drug charges following quite a while of examinations.
Entertainer Yoo Ah-in is presently being investigated for drug use.