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With the death of the late actor Lee Sang-bo, a phone call record of him complaining of unfairness over the drug controversy was released.
On the 28th, Lee Sang-bo talked with Lee Jin-ho on the phone in 2022 through the YouTube channel "Entertainment Du-President Lee Jin-ho."
In the minutes of the call, Lee Sang-bo said, "If we investigated with the possibility of a felony called drugs, we all admit that it can be done. I'm angry, but I'm still ironic and a little ridiculous," he said.
He said, "I was suddenly arrested and transferred to Hanyang University Hospital for more than five or six hours. I received what I received again and again, he said, explaining the situation at the time, "I remember it came out late at midnight."
"I was arrested in an unprotected state, and I didn't know I would go to the hospital and get tested," he said. "In the last payment process, I was so dumbfounded that he told me to pay."
He said, "The remaining amount is 990,000 won. I paid about 200,000 won with the money in my pocket at the time, and of course, I didn't think I would pay the rest." "I thought something would be done once the case agency or state agency paid for it," he said, adding, "Isn't it not like you went alone for a comprehensive checkup?"
"In the end, I was able to write a memorandum to pay the rest of the amount in full by September 30 as if I had a loan," Lee Sang-bo said. "Those parts are unfair."

Lee Sang-bo said he was actually taking depressive drugs, not drugs. He said, "The process of passing away to my sister, father, and mother was all different. "My mother died after an accident, sudden death, and illness," he said, adding, "It was a very difficult situation because these things have been happening for 10 years."
He explained, "I received formal treatment because I was in an emotional state that I could not live without treatment."
Regarding taking the drug, he said, "I don't want to rely on it either. There are times when it feels futile to rely on one small pill, he said. "Nevertheless, it is a treatment that can be taken during the day, so I have continued to take it when panic disorder is severe."
"In the future, if there are other treatment options, I want to recover my health and find health enough to live without medicine," Lee Sang-bo said, adding, "I'm trying to come back healthier."
Earlier, Lee Sang-bo was urgently arrested by police in 2022 on charges of taking drugs, but was dismissed without charges because the investigation found that it was a misunderstanding caused by taking depression drugs he was taking.
Meanwhile, Lee Sang-bo was found dead at his home on the 27th. The agency, Korea Management Group (KMG), said, "I would like to inform you that Lee Sang-bo has died. Please understand that it is difficult to disclose the cause of death at the request of the bereaved family."
Lee Sang-bo's funeral hall was set up in Room 3 of Pyeongtaek Central Funeral Hall. The coffin of the deceased is scheduled to be confirmed at 10:30 a.m. on the 29th. The burial site is Pyeongtaek City Memorial Hall.
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