Police investigated some twenty others and seven were prosecuted. He was sentenced to one year in jail, two years of probation and community service. Her manager, who was arrested in Tokyo for overstaying his visa in June 2009, was extradited by the Korean police. In alleged letters written to friends, Jang identified thirty-one men whom she was forced to 'serve.' The letters also state that the CEO of her management agency threatened to sue her if she refused. In an alleged suicide note left by Jang, she describes the physical and sexual abuse she endured at the hands of several program directors, CEOs and media executives. She was cremated and buried next to her parents in Jeongeup. It was attended by family, close friends, and fellow actors, including Ku Hye-sun, Lee Min-ho, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Bum, and Kim Joon. Her funeral was held there the following day. On March 8, 2009, the cast of Boys Over Flowers paid their last respects to Jang at the mourning hall set up at Seoul National University's Bundang hospital. Jang's death was ruled a suicide by police. Her sister was later unable to reach her and, upon entering their shared home, found her body hanging from the stairway banister around 7:30 PM. On Maat 3:30 PM, she spoke over the phone to her sister about the 'overwhelming stress' she felt and that she 'want to die'. JangВ suffered from clinical depression and had received medical treatment for her illness. Jang's photo displayed at the mourning hall J and Searching for the Elephant, which were released posthumously in 2009. Her final roles were in the films, The Weird Missing Case of Mr. Jang's first major role was in the hit drama, Boys Over Flowers (2009) as 'Sunny' / Park Sun-ja. In 2006, Jang made her show business debut in a television commercial. She received her education from Harksan High School, Gwangju University, where she earned her bachelor's in Journalism, and Chosun University. Jang had an older sister and younger brother, both of whom she lived with at the time of her death. Her parents died in a car accident in 1999.

Yoon also held a news conference, together with civic activists in Seoul, last Friday, saying Jang's death is not a simple suicide and a reinvestigation will eventually lead to the extension of the statutes of limitations for the case to a maximum 25 years.Jang Ja-yeon was born on Januin Jeongeup, North Jeolla, South Korea.

The case grew into a sensational scandal over who was on 'Jang's list' and prompted financial watchdogs to launch an investigation into contracts between celebrities and their agencies, long criticized as 'enslaving' the fledgling stars.ДЄccording to police, Kim also forced other female entertainers, who were contracted with his agency, to serve at parties and even on an overseas golf tour.ДЄ petition calling for a reinvestigation of the Jang Ja-yeon case, which was posted on the website of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on March 12, has gathered more than 600,000 signatures.ДЇollowing Moon's emergency order, the justice ministry's special commission on past misconduct by the prosecution has extended the deadline of its operation, slated for the end of March, by two months and is planning to review the case.ДЄctress Yoon Ji-oh, who claimed to have seen a suicide letter left by Jang, told the special commission on March 12 that she saw names of three journalists and one politician in the letter. In those letters, Jang expressed frustration and resentment over her circumstances, calling the 31 people 'demons.' Some of the 31 figures were also investigated by police in 2009 but were all acquitted.ДЄccording to more than 50 letters allegedly written by Jang before her death and sent to her acquaintances, she claimed to have been forced to attend roughly 100 drinking parties for and offer sexual favors to 31 individuals, including heads of private enterprises and officials of news organizations. The agent, identified only as Kim, was arrested in July of the same year on charges of assaulting, threatening and coercing Jang to serve men at drinking parties and have sex with them.

She hanged herself at her house in Bundang, south of Seoul. Jang, then a 30-year-old rookie actress, committed suicide in March 2009 after leaving a suicide note that accused her agent of forcing her to attend drinking parties and to provide sexual favors to 31 high-profile entertainment figures and journalists. The suicide of actress Jang Ja-yeon in 2009 is drawing fresh media attention after President Moon Jae-in ordered prosecutors to conduct a thorough fact-finding into the case.

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