{"id":532717,"date":"2026-01-22T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/532717\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:10:16","slug":"san-francisco-giants-jung-hoo-lee-briefly-detained-at-lax-over-paperwork-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/532717\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants&#8217; Jung Hoo Lee Briefly Detained At LAX Over Paperwork Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Giants&#8217; Jung Hoo Lee<br \/>\n                          Detained At LAX Over Paperwork<br \/>\n                          &#8230; Eventually Released<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              January 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:44 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260122_a9b062a6eedc4f479b19909970e355b4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2694ca95-0be1-4bb8-9b62-e3c1cb7075c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a9b062a6eedc4f479b19909970e355b4_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jung-Hoo-Lee-main-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was briefly detained at LAX on Wednesday night after returning from South Korea without proper documentation &#8230; but the athlete has since been released from immigration detention after resolving the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was flying back stateside to attend the Giants FanFest event in San Ramon on Saturday, when he ran into a hiccup the team called a &#8220;paperwork issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260122_386392c828fa40418154756a701b85dc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2694ca95-0be1-4bb8-9b62-e3c1cb7075c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/386392c828fa40418154756a701b85dc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jung-Hoo-Lee-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The matter was quickly clarified with the appropriate authorities, and he has since been cleared to continue his travel,&#8221; the team said in a statement. &#8220;We appreciate the professionalism of all parties involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the situation &#8220;was not political or anything like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s office also assisted in resolving the problem. Ultimately &#8230; the 27-year-old was detained for about an hour before he was able to continue his journey.<\/p>\n<p>Lee &#8212; who signed a six-year, $113 million contract with San Francisco in December 2023 &#8212; has not publicly commented on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260122_894df7855fd74c19b5481e2921705019\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2694ca95-0be1-4bb8-9b62-e3c1cb7075c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/894df7855fd74c19b5481e2921705019_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jung-Hoo-Lee-sub-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s set to be a busy time for the South Korean native, as spring training is only a few weeks away for all 30 MLB teams. Lee is also set to represent South Korea in the World Baseball Classic &#8230; which begins March 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants&#8217; Jung Hoo Lee Detained At LAX Over Paperwork &#8230; Eventually Released Published January 22, 2026 6:44 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,169,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185,317,1564],"class_list":{"0":"post-532717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-giants","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","16":"tag-sf","17":"tag-sf-giants","18":"tag-sfgiants","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-sports-news","21":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115939392746461363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}