February 25 was a heartbreaking day for fans of 2PM after JYP Entertainment announced that Park Jaebum, the former leader of the group, will not be rejoining the K-pop boy band due to an alleged personal wrongdoing. Owing to revelation, JYPE said it has terminated its contract with the pop star. The statement was posted on the JYPE website on February 25 and quickly spread like wildfire. Jaebum withdrew from 2PM and went back to the US last September after criticisms mounted concerning the alleged “anti-Korean” comments he made on his MySpace account. Since Jaebum’s withdrawal from 2PM, fans heavily campaigned for his return by staging rallies, signing petitions and distributing flyers. In the statement, JYPE said that it initially decided to let Jaebum return to 2PM. A press conference was supposed to be held third week of February for the announcement. Everything changed on December 22, however, after Jaebum made an urgent phone call to Jung Wook, a JYPE representative, and confessed that he committed a personal wrongdoing back when 2PM was promoting the hit single “Again & Again.” “This problem is bigger than the problem that caused him to withdraw last September, and is a problem that could cause an even bigger public concern,” according to the translated JYPE statement posted on fan forum 2oneday.com. JYPE said they told the remaining six members of 2PM of the news on January 3 and after three days, it alleged that the members agreed that it would be hard for them to work with Jaebum. No one among the six members of 2PM has made any personal statement regarding the JYPE notice. JYPE refused to reveal what Jaebum told the company official, saying that it’s "private." “The company came to a conclusion that Park Jaebum was not fit to be a celebrity that was affiliated with them and decided to terminate the contact with him,” JYPE said.