Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon overwhelmed and knocked down at Jakarta airport

Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon flew to the Indonesian capital Jakarta on the 17th for promotional activities, accompanied by a single manager. As soon as Taeyeon landed at the airport, however, she encountered an unruly crowd that rushed toward her, overwhelming her and eventually knocking her down.

Taeyeon took to Instagram on the 18th to share her thoughts after the harrowing experience, she wrote “There was such a large crowd at the airport, both body and feet got tangled up, it was a very dangerous situation, and I actually fell to the floor, and I was trembling and couldn’t stop crying. I was also very startled when a security guard tried to help me up when he lifted me up.”

자카르타 공항에서 수많은 인파에 몰려 발이 엉키고 몸도 엉켜서 많이 위험한 상황이 있었습니다 실제로 바닥에 넘어진채로 벌벌떨고 눈물이 멈추지 않았어요. 현지 경호원분이 위험해 보였는지 절 뒤에서 번쩍 들어올리셔서 그것 또한 너무 당황스러웠고 놀랐습니다. 자꾸 뒤에서 옆에서 신체접촉에 긴장했던 상황인지라 질서라는건 찾아볼 수 없었고 기다려주셨던 분들중에 똑같이 넘어지고 다치신 분들도 있는 것 같아서 제 마음이 몹시 좋지 않네요. 그리고 고의는 아니었겠지만 신체일부 엉덩이며 가슴이며 자꾸 접촉하고 부딪히고 서로 잡아당기고.. 그 느낌도 참 당황스럽고 제정신을 못차리겠더라고요. 그래서 오랜만에 도착한 자카르타에서 좋은 모습으로 입국 할 수가 없었습니다. 기다려준 팬들에게 너무 미안하고 제발 우리 다치지않게 질서를 지켜줬으면 좋겠어요 그 누구보다 사랑 많고 정 많고 서로 이해 할 수 있는 우리팬들이니까 오늘일은 해프닝으로 생각할게요. 모두 다 상처받지 않길 바랄게

A post shared by TaeYeon (@taeyeon_ss) on Aug 17, 2017 at 9:43am PDT

Taeyeon also mentioned that she felt uncomfortable with fans who touched her from behind her and to at her side, even though she believed the physical contact would have been unintentional. She wrapped up the post saying, “That is why I couldn’t appear my best when I arrived in Jakarta for the first time in a while. I will think of today’s events as just an accident. I hope no one got hurt.”

Following Taeyeon’s Instagram post, online commenters have called on the singer’s agency, S.M. Entertainment, to step up security for its artists and take measures to punish those who made unwanted physical contact with the singer.

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