Incheon Police released a statement regarding reports that IZ*ONE‘s Kang Hyewon has been implicated in the celebrity drug scandal.

IZ*ONE | Pinterest

On October 26, Incheon Police released a statement. In the statement, the police department writes that reports stating that the IZ*ONE member is being investigated were false.

We are informing you from the Incheon Police Drug Investigation Department.

Gyeonggi I-News 24 reported that [redacted] from IZ*ONE is currently being investigated by us. We are informing you that the reports are false. She has never been investigated by us.

— Incheon Police

The news follows a viral post uploaded on the controversial online community DC Inside. According to the post, which as since been debunked, actress Kang Hyewon, who debuted with IZ*ONE had been implicated in G-Dragon’s drug scandal.

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The controversial online community is also allegedly behind rumors stating a girl group member was being investigated. The rumors have since been debunked by the police.

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 “We are informing you from the Incheon Police Drug Investigation Department…”