Goo Hara's older brother posted a lengthy message on a Korean community site to his late sister's fans, revealing the hardships he and his sister went through and the truth behind his conflict with their absent mother.
In his post, Goo Ho In thanked Hara's fans for their words of encouragement after watching the show MBC's "True Story," which reveals the story of him and the late idol while growing up.
"My sister and I have grown up through a difficult process as our biological mother abandoned us," he said.
"While I was in school, I pretended to have a mother who had not existed since I was young, and I am scared that I would be teased or ostracized. Even as an adult, I resented my mother, and at the same time, I miss her. We couldn't even take a picture together," he continued.
In addition to this, Hara's brother detailed how they grew up together, relying upon each other, as they share the same resentment and longing for both of their parents. Their mother ran away from home while their father went all over to different parts of Korea to accept any job to make a living.
Ho In then revealed that the former his sister had attempted to commit an extreme choice several times, but not every detail was known in the news.
"Whenever she attempted to make those decisions, I left my work and came to Seoul to take care of her," he narrated. With the help of their agency, they even moved the singer to a hospital with strict security.
That's why when he had heard that his sister, unfortunately, took her own life, Ho In felt like going crazy. But what makes him more enraged now is that their biological mother, who only showed up at the funeral, took pictures and videos instead while carrying an ulterior motive of claiming inheritance from Hara.
The brother also shared the controversy that happened during his sister's proceed.
"I was talking to her, and I saw the light coming out of her cell phone. The conversation was being recorded," he stated.
Ho In then became mad and deleted the recording file from the spot and kicked out his biological mother.
"Then my biological mother pointed her finger at me and confessed, 'Don't do anything you'll regret'," he added.
On March 18, a petition was posted on the homepage of the National Assembly's online petition website for legislation of the Goo Hara Act. The contents of the revision of the Civil Law, which adds to the reason for inheritance and mitigates the requirement for disqualification of inheritance if the duty to support the person is neglected, even if he or she is a direct descendant of the inheritor. The petition will be referred to the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee, which is a standing committee under its jurisdiction, as it has surpassed 100,000 within a month and will be officially reviewed.
