BTS Suga slapped with heavy fine in 'drunk driving' incident
Suga is currently serving his mandatory military duty as a social service agent
September 30, 2024
BTS member Suga has finally been slapped with a heavy fine in the case related to driving while intoxicated.
According to BBC, the member of K-pop boy-band has been fined ₩ 15 million ($11,500; £8,600) for the incident which occurred last month.
Suga, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, was found by the police near his Seoul residence, in an intoxicated state after falling off his electric scooter.
Police revealed that the rapper’s blood alcohol concentration level was 0.227%, which is seven times higher than the legal limit in South Korea.
The legal limit of blood alcohol concentration level is 0.03 percent in the country.
A district court in Seoul handed down the fine last Friday, alongside the revocation of his driving license.
The rapper also apologised last month in a statement, saying that he had driven home in Seoul "thinking it was a close distance" and forgot that one cannot use an electric scooter under the “influence".
The 31-year-old is currently serving as a social service agent in the military as he had been ruled unfit for regular combat duty according to the publication.
