Television reporter Kim Jung Yoon has left the program "Scene 21," following his expose on the South Korean Army's PR Agent program that led to the investigation of enlisted K-pop stars Sangchu of the group Mighty Mouth and Se7en.

A spokesperson for the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) told the news agency Nate that Kim's transfer to a different area of the news division had nothing to do with the recent army public relations (PR) agent scandal.

"Reporter Kim Jung Yoon had requested to be moved to a different department on July 1," said the SBS spokesperson.

"It was for his personal reasons. Kim Jung Yoon just happened to be one of the many employees part of the department changes."

Those "department changes," the spokesperson confirmed, include cutting the "Scene 21" news team from 12 to eight, a move the network claims was due to the fact the staff was too large.

Entitled "Celebrity Soldier's Nightlife Entertainment," Kim's "Scene 21" report, which aired on June 21, appeared to show enlisted soldiers working as PR agents in the Defense Media Agency wandering the streets out of uniform and consuming alcohol freely after performing at an army-sanctioned concert.

The "Scene 21" camera crew also captured footage of singers Se7en and Sangchu of the group Mighty Mouth, both public relations officers, entering an erotic massage parlor.

The footage rocked the Ministry of National Defense, who ordered a full investigation of the public relations officer program, a longtime bastion for celebrity soldiers serving out their mandatory enlistment terms.

"The special investigation on the operation system of Defense Media Agency will continue into next week as there are still many things to confirm," a Ministry of National Defense representative said last week.

Soompi reader Bluecat13 refuses to believe that the controversy didn't directly lead to Kim Jung Yoon's departure from "Scene 21."

"It's too obvious that his position has been changed just because of this scandal and his report about celebrity soldiers," she wrote on Monday.

"Why is [this happening] now? Not before? We all know that the world is just like that! İf you touch the one who is more powerful than you, you will get in trouble."