Min Hee Jin's Criminal Complaint Against Labor Investigators Dismissed by Police

Former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin's criminal complaint against labor officials who investigated her workplace harassment case has ended without charges after police found no criminal wrongdoing.

According to a report by JoongAng Ilbo published on July 9, the Mapo Police Station decided on February 6 not to refer officials from the Seoul Western Branch of the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office for prosecution.

The complaint accused the officials of falsifying official documents, using falsified documents, and neglecting their duties during the investigation into allegations against Min.

Min, who now serves as the CEO of OOAK Records, filed the complaint in 2025 after disputing how investigators handled the workplace harassment case, AllKPop reported. She claimed that officials incorrectly recorded timestamps from KakaoTalk group chat messages and included false information in official investigation records.

"They recorded the messages as though they had been made consecutively, creating an official document containing false facts," Min claimed while challenging the investigation. She also argued that investigators did not give her enough opportunity to respond to each allegation during the process.

Min Hee Jin Fails to Pursue Criminal Case

The workplace harassment case began in August 2024 when a former ADOR employee, identified only as "A," filed a complaint with labor authorities.

The employee alleged that Min verbally abused them and claimed another executive, identified as "B," had also committed workplace harassment, Sports Chosun reported.

According to the complaint, Min allegedly defended the executive and failed to conduct a fair internal investigation after the incident was reported.

Last March, labor authorities concluded that some of Min's remarks could have caused physical or psychological distress and worsened the workplace environment. Officials also found that she failed to carry out an objective investigation as an employer and imposed an administrative fine.

After reviewing Min's criminal complaint, police acknowledged that some recording mistakes existed in the investigation documents. However, investigators determined the errors were clerical rather than intentional.

Police found no evidence that labor officials fabricated statements or added claims Min had never made. Instead, they concluded that the inaccuracies involved contextual recording mistakes, including incorrect timestamps, which did not meet the legal standard for criminal charges.

Investigators also rejected Min's claim that she had been denied a proper opportunity to defend herself.

Police said they reviewed written submissions from her legal representatives and found that labor officials had carefully categorized and assessed the allegations before reaching their decision.