[SBS Star] WONHO Writes a Handwritten Letter Announcing His Departure from MONSTA X

K-pop boy group MONSTA X's member WONHO has left the group following his recent controversies.

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Around 5PM KST on October 31, WONHO's management agency STARSHIP Entertainment made an official announcement.

The agency stated, "Today, WONHO decided to withdraw from MONSTA X. After a long discussion with him, we have decided to respect his decision. Despite that, we are still planning on taking legal action against those who made false accusations."

They added, "From now on, MONSTA X will be promoting as a 6-member group without WONHO. We apologize for bringing you such unfortunate news and causing any inconvenience to you."  About 10 minutes after the statement was released, WONHO took to MONSTA X's official fan site to deliver the news himself with a handwritten letter.

WONHO said, "First, I would like to apologize to all of you for breaking the promise that I would fill our time together only with good things. I'm so sorry that I hurt your feelings, too. You gave me so much love as well as countless happy memories. I can't thank you enough for that. I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude to my fellow members as well. I love you and am really sorry."

He continued, "There were times in the past when I was immature and made some mistakes. However, after I became a trainee and made debut, I have never once gone off track. I always tried my best not to do anything that I would regret in the future. But I have decided to leave MONSTA X, because I didn't want to cause any more trouble to people around me. Most of all though, I felt horrible about letting you down like this."

Lastly, he said, "Please keep giving your full support to MONSTA X. The rest of the guys have nothing to do with my past. They are the greatest guys in the world. Once again, thank you for giving me happiness and I'm very sorry for everything." (Credit= STARSHIP Entertainment)

(SBS Star)