K-pop influencer Mina Chan, 26, takes her own life during alarming livestream after ‘harassment’ from band’s fans
K-POP influencer Mina Chan, 26, has taken her own life during a disturbing livestream.
She said she had been harassed by the fans of a popular boy band for “overstepping boundaries” in the days before her death.
The Japanese social media star died by suicide in the early hours of August 5.
She was based in South Korea and known for running a fan account for K-pop boyband Enhypen.
How to get help
EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide
It doesn’t discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers.
It’s the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
Yet it’s rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
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