'Drunk driving'Suga, BTS' first police photo line Humiliating Big Hit - Military Manpower Administration's schedule coordination
Aug 12, 2024
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Police said on the 12th that they are coordinating schedules with their agencies Big Hit Music and the Military Manpower Administration for a formal investigation into Suga's alleged drunk driving of an electric scooter.
Suga is suspected of driving an electric scooter while intoxicated on a roadside in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 6th. Suga was found falling while driving a scooter, and the police, who were trying to help him, smelled alcohol and conducted a breathalyzer test at the scene. Suga stated at the time to the effect of 'drinking a beer', but his blood alcohol level was 0.227%, far above the 0.08% standard for revoking his license.
The police decided to return home for now because Suga was intoxicated at the time, but further investigation was needed. The issue of the police investigation is the classification of Suga's alcohol consumption and the device he rode.
It is natural not to drink and drive, whether it is a kickboard or a scooter, but the level of punishment varies according to the classification. Electric kickboards with a maximum speed of 25 km/h are given a penalty of 100,000 won, but electric scooters are treated like cars. In addition, scooters can be fined up to five years or less and 20 million won if their blood alcohol concentration exceeds 0.2%.
Earlier, Suga and his agency Big Hit Music said they rode 'electric kickboard', but suspicions arose that the police corrected 'scooter' and tried to reduce the issue as CCTV footage was released. In response, Big Hit Music explained again that it did not intend to reduce the issue.
In the midst of this, Suga will be formally investigated by the police. As Suga is the first to have such a problem in BTS, more attention is being paid to him.
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