[단독]BTS Sugar’s blood alcohol level is 0.227%, ‘drunk’… Up to 5 years in prison

BTS member Suga. great music
BTS member Suga (real name Min Yoon-gi, 31, photo), who was booked for riding an electric scooter while he drunk, which increases the sentence, when he was drunk. he was caught.

According to Dong-A Ilbo broadcast on the 9th, Yongsan Police Station in Seoul detained Suga on charges of drunken driving under the Road Traffic Act on the 6th and conducted a breath test to determine the level of His blood alcohol is 0.227%. At the time, Suga said, “I drank a glass of beer and drove for a while.”

Under current law, if you are caught drunk driving an electric scooter and your blood alcohol level is 0.08% or more but less than 0.2%, you can be jailed for co- at least 1 year but not more than 2 years or a fine of 5 to 10 million won. On the other hand, if the blood alcohol level is 0.2% or higher, you can win a sentence between 2 and 5 years in prison or a fine of 10 to 20 million.

According to the police, administrative action to revoke Suga’s license has not yet taken place. If you are caught drinking and your blood alcohol level is over 0.08%, your license will be revoked and you will not be able to get your license again for one year.

At first, controversy arose that Suga and his group tried to downplay the incident by describing the electric scooter that Suga was riding as an ‘electric kickboard’ in a statement. The electric scooter that Suga rode can reach a maximum speed of 30 km/h and is a folding model with a fixed saddle, which is different from the electric video board without a saddle. The group issued a statement again on the 8th, saying, “There was no intention to downplay the issue. “

Reporter Joo Hyun-woo [email protected]