There is no hard proof (meaning you can't actually SEE his actions) of the man touching Sica, but there are SO MANY other signs in the video that make it pretty obvious that something inappropriate occurred. There are videos where you can see all these signs and reactions.
Here is a fancam of the event. There is a guy who sidles in behind Sica around 0:10 and from then on she immediately begins to look super uncomfortable and looks back to see behind her many times as she tries to scoot closer to Hyoyeon and Sooyoung.
Many people theorize that the guy touched/groped her before she had the microphone and she was trying to get away, but couldn't because of the close quarters they were in so she decided to grab the microphone to draw attention to herself/that area in hopes that the man wouldn't touch her again.
You can see as soon as she's done giving the speech, she immediately whispers something to Hyoyeon and she gasps and looks disgusted and glares at the man. Sica then moves over to Sooyoung and whispers to her too, drawing a gasp from Sooyoung and a look in the man's direction too, meanwhile the man has begun to sidle away from the situation because he knows Sica has just told someone.
This next video is the highest quality and longer so you can see the girls' shocked/disgusted expressions (and Sica's uncomfortable expression) clearer. (You'll have to fast forward to about 4:20). You can't really see the man well in this video, but you do see a more detailed reaction from the girls afterward, like how Sica tries to keep a smiling face but can't, and Hyoyeon gathers the group together and they scurry away together after Sica has told them what happened.
101202 한중가요제 ending from yoyoyuan on Vimeo.
You also see Jonghyun and Key from SHINee sort of picking up what happened and looking a bit shocked as they sort of stand guard there to prevent the guy from following the girls should he be stupid enough to do so.
Anyway, that's the breakdown of the accusation and why many believe Sica was molested; but that wasn't the main reason for this post.
And before anyone tries to tell me that it wasn't "molestation" - molestation is a form of being touched sexually or inappropriately without a person's consent - so yes, Sica was molested.
I am absolutely horrified that the two biggest SNSD sites Soshified and Soompi Forums refuse to allow discussion of this matter for fear of "embarrassing Sica even more." How does that even make sense?!?! What's worse is that the only site that is talking about it is AllKPop and all the commenters there are 13-year-old trolls who are literally jealous of the girl idols for being close to their precious oppas!
I understand that Soshified and Soompi are trying to do good by not bringing more negative press to SNSD, because they have a lot of haters, but this is NOT a situation that should be taken lightly. They, and the Korean public in general I suppose, are just trying to sweep this under the rug as if it's a situation people will just pretend never happened. A lot of people have even been saying that things like groping happen daily and that we should just get over it because it's no big deal. But just because people kill daily, does that mean we should just sit back and let it happen? NO!
These websites are actually hurting the idols they're trying to protect personally. By not allowing fans to discuss it and be outraged you're only showing Sica that she doesn't have the fan support she thought she had. We should be the voice she most likely doesn't have under contract in situations such as this.
Most importantly, the lack of immediate response or the fact that people are trying to keep this all "hush hush" otherwise Sica will harm the image of SNSD and SME is disgusting! People always rag on victims for "victimizing" themselves and blaming themselves, but it's exactly this type of attitude that causes that! For example, say Sica did decide to speak up about this and it caused SNSD negative publicity and cause them to get more haters for some absurd reason, people will begin blaming her for having the nerve to speak up about feeling violated, therefore they're making her to blame when it shouldn't be her fault!
Another thing that makes me so mad is those people who say she was "asking for it" by dressing "that way" or being in SNSD who's a big group of sluts, but when in the world did dressing like a slut (which is subjective...) ever make it okay to be molested? Even in strip clubs they have strict rules about not touching the girls. Whether a girl is covered up from head to toe or completely naked, it is NEVER okay to touch her without consent, EVER.
The fact that society (Korean society, online society, etc) is just trying to sweep this under the rug or tell her/us to suck it up and deal with it is so horrid! Think of how Sica must feel, being molested and being told to suck it up? It's like a slap in the face and makes someone feel insignificant! How are women in general supposed to feel okay about speaking up about situations like this when society's reaction will be "Oh just suck it up, hush hush"?
I don't care if I'm not a huge, well known blogger, I'm speaking about this because that's how it starts. As long as many of us speak up OUTSIDE of Soshified or Soompi, hopefully Sica will see that she does have fans that are willing to support her by speaking up about this and know that we won't simply take this "hush hush" manner! I'm sorry, I just feel strongly about a subject like this, I know how it feels. Speaking about sexual molestation creates awareness and it's just a step closer to allowing all women to be unafraid to speak up! We need to change that now. Speaking up, even about a situation that isn't personal, just speaking about Sica's situation and supporting her is enough, it's a start!
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