ESouth Korean actor Lee Sun-kyunmember of the cast of the Oscar-winning film ‘Parsitos‘, was found lifelesswhile he was being under study for a case of alleged drug usereported the Yonhap news agency.
Lee, 48, was found unconscious in it interior of a car parked in a downtown park of Sel at 10:30 local time this Wednesday (1:30 GMT), the aforementioned media reported.
Possible suicide of Lee Sun-kyun
In the passenger seat there was a charcoal briquette and the police were informed that Lee left an apparent suicide note in his homeso they believe that he took his life.
Lee was being investigated suspected of using marijuana and other illegal drugs in South Korea in the residence of a ‘hostess’ (hostess girl) who works in a luxury bar in the district of Gangnam on several occasions since the beginning of the year.
The actor had undergone three interrogationsthe most recent last weekend, in which he was questioned during 19 hoursand had told the investigators that said lady had tricked him into consuming the substances, without him knowing what she was taking.
Lee had given negative for drugs in the reagent testThis is the one he underwent during the investigation, as well as in a laboratory test carried out by the National Forensic Service in November.
The actor asked to undergo a polygraph test
The interpreter had submitted a request yesterday to the police department leading the investigation to undergo a polygraph testclaiming his innocence.
Lee presented in October a lawsuit against two peopleincluding the aforementioned hostess girl, for blackmail him after news emerged about his alleged drug use.
The woman was arrested last month and the police are supposed to has requested an arrest warrant for the other personaccording to Yonhap.
