Hwang Hee-chan's 'full refutation' of allegations of abuse of protocol... "Never asked for it first, a clear false fact"

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Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) and his family have "completely refuted" allegations that they have abused their power against the vehicle's protocol service provider. On the contrary, Hwang Hee-chan was provided with vehicle use based on the contract, and Hwang Hee-chan did not verbally promise to extend the contract, and support for informal schedules such as funeral homes and family trips was rather the company's resource, and Hwang Hee-chan never requested it first.

An official familiar with Hwang Hee-chan's situation explained through Star News on the 12th, "The company claims that Hwang Hee-chan received 15 months of unpaid expenses and additional free support under false promises that Hwang Hee-chan will be in charge of management, but this is a clear false fact." Hwang Hee-chan's side has all the supporting data to support their claims.

Hwang Hee-chan signed a contract to provide and promote vehicles in August 2024, and in exchange for receiving vehicle provision services under this contract, Hwang Hee-chan provided promotional activities. The vehicle sponsorship provided to Hwang Hee-chan and his family was also legally provided according to the contents of the contract, he said.

"There was no exploitation of the manager's protocol personnel at all. Rather, Hwang Hee-chan's side also provided sky box seats for the national team A matches and Wolverhampton matches in the English Premier League (EPL) on nine occasions at their own expense in addition to the company's protocol activities. He explained, "We provided meals at restaurants over 10 million won for two nights and three days in the UK, and paid 11 million won in cash as an incentive."

In fact, officials and acquaintances from the company had dinner together after watching the game in London, England, in December 2024 at Hwang Hee-chan's invitation. It has also been confirmed that an official of the company thanked Hwang Hee-chan for his encouragement, saying, "I'm at a loss because you take such good care of me," or "I'm enjoying a great marriage thanks to you" through watching the EPL.

Regarding the claim of providing vehicles worth 5 billion won, including super cars and luxury vehicles, Hwang Hee-chan explained, "It was a bilateral contract in which Hwang Hee-chan provided promotional activities in return for not providing the vehicle itself free of charge."

Hwang Hee-chan said, "The business structure of the company itself is a rental business that lends supercars owned by the company to Hwang Hee-chan as in the contract, and the cost of using a protocol vehicle, including a single driver, is worth 500,000 won to 700,000 won per day," adding, "The company sells it back to Russia or other customers at a premium after it is provided as such a protocol vehicle." He stressed that it is absurd to claim as if he suffered a loss by setting a price worth 5 billion won.

He also explained that support for protocol services such as grandfather's funeral was not requested by Hwang Hee-chan, but that the company came forward first. Rather, he emphasized that during various ceremonies, not only meals were provided to business officials, but also deposits were often made to encourage them. Suspicions of misconduct in private work, such as planning travel plans, setting up tents, and shopping, were also explained, "It is completely different from the truth." In fact, Hwang Hee-chan replied, "You don't have to pay attention to it," to the company's official message that "I'd like to help you plan a family trip."

An official from Hwang Hee-chan said, "We have never requested support for protocol services such as grandfather's funeral," adding, "It is also not true to plan a family trip, set up a tent, or perform private tasks such as shopping." The representative of the company first knew about the family travel plan and tried to proceed with an issue that he did not ask for, and the family even refused. Nevertheless, he said he would come as a company workshop, and Hwang Hee-chan paid for accommodation and meals.

"The number of tents (tarp) installed (known as a media report) and the overuse of shopping are also not true. The installation of the tarp for the company's workshop was done by an official from Hwang Hee-chan who had experience in installing it first, and the official returned to Seoul on the schedule and asked for the recovery." Hwang Hee-chan also added that he repeatedly demanded to charge for various protocol power abuse, saying, "You have to charge for it to generate profits, so that you can do sustainable business."

Regarding the issue of turning off the engine while using the supercar, Hwang Hee-chan said, "It is the company's responsibility to make Hwang Hee-chan feel uncomfortable and dangerous because it was caused by not sufficiently explaining the vehicle's precautions to the service target." The Ferrari vehicle used by Hwang Hee-chan was not first requested by Hwang Hee-chan, but was reported as a preemptive proposal by Kim and the company's representative said, "I learned this time, too."

Hwang Hee-chan said, "While using the vehicle, I suddenly felt the warning light on the vehicle and the car stopped slowly, and I tried to keep it as close to the shoulder as possible before the car stopped completely. "I immediately turned on the emergency light and contacted the representative of the company," he said. "I tried to stop on the edge of the road as much as possible until the vehicle could move, and I did my best to prevent it from interfering with the entry of the left-hand confluence road."

Hwang Hee-chan did not leave the place immediately, but spoke to the representative and delivered the photo of the warning light and the photo of the place. Afterwards, he said he would send a tow vehicle and a temporary vehicle, so he waited for about 15 minutes in the car. However, the arrival of towed and used vehicles was delayed, and the road conditions were too dangerous late at dawn, so we moved to a nearby restaurant with an acquaintance's pick-up and waited again," he explained.

He explained that not only Hwang Hee-chan but also his family's use of the vehicle, including his sister Hwang Hee-jung, was not a request from Hwang Hee-chan, but a proposal from the company. Some of Hwang Hee-jung's accidents were also confirmed to include cases in which another car damaged a parked vehicle, not an accident while driving.

Hwang Hee-chan said, "We followed up (after the failure and accident) according to the terms of the contract and the company's representative's guidance, and the company's representative said he would control it himself." There has never been a problem with this during the contract period, he said. "The contract has a provision that Hwang Hee-chan will bear the costs that cannot be covered by insurance or the amount of excess insurance if there is any responsibility, such as intentional or negligent. "We have not claimed or requested any uninsured expenses or repair expenses from the company as well as the contract period," he added.

Regarding the extension of the contract period, Hwang Hee-chan said, "It is true that we used the service even after the end of the contract due to the expiration of the term, but the other company continued to promote by using advertisements using Hwang Hee-chan," adding, "It seems that there was a story at the company dinner (after the contract period) to "let's review Hwang Hee-chan's management-related business together," but he did not promise to renew the contract."

Hwang Hee-chan then said, "Considering the power of the representative of the company and the financial condition of the company, we have conveyed that we can no longer continue the relationship, and we have decided not to continue the contract after mutual agreement," adding, "The contract stipulates that the contract should be renewed 90 days before the expiration of the contract and 30 days before the contract, but we have not confirmed this." Rather, the contracting party did not inform this fact even though it was closed during the contract, which can be seen as a violation of the contract and fraud and deception.

"The reason for the termination of the contract was that it was legally and automatically terminated according to the contract, and the contract was not terminated," he added. "We judged that it was impossible to extend the contract any longer, considering the fact that we accidentally learned the past history of the representative of the company and that it may adversely affect Hwang Hee-chan's honor, credit, and reputation."

Hwang Hee-chan's side said, "The two sides have always cooperated in an equal legal position and have played a good role in synergy with each other. However, it is the other side that has betrayed the trust several times, he said. "We will actively respond legally to the act of using the status and good deeds of star players to make malicious false information and report on the honor, credit, and recognition of Hwang Hee-chan and his agency."

Earlier, the company claimed that it signed a one-year vehicle protocol service contract with Hwang Hee-chan and verbally agreed to extend the contract after a year, but unilaterally broke the contract and suffered losses. A media outlet then reported Hwang Hee-chan's alleged abuse of power in various protocol work, but Hwang Hee-chan's side has completely denied it based on the evidence.

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