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Suga, drunk driving electric scooter, blood alcohol concentration 0.227% ‘drink’ | Yonhap News

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-ju = It was confirmed that BTS member Suga (31, real name Min Yoon-gi), who was suspected of driving an electric scooter while he drinks, drunk with a higher blood alcohol level. higher than 0.2%.

According to the police on the 9th, when Suga was found to have fallen while driving an electric scooter on the 6th, the breathalyzer test results showed that his blood alcohol level was 0.227 %.

This figure is much higher than the license cancellation rate (0.08% or more).

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Suga is said to have told police at the time that he only had a glass of beer.

According to Article 148-2, Paragraph 3 of the Road Traffic Act, if the blood alcohol concentration level is 0.08% or higher, the driver’s license will be revoked and he or she will be sentenced to at least one year in prison but no. more than two years, or a fine of not less than 5 million won but not more than 10 million won.

However, if this figure is higher than 0.2%, the penalty is enhanced by imprisonment for 2 to 5 years or a fine of 10 million to 20 million won.

Suga was found by the police near his home in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul around 11:15 pm on the 6th after he fell while driving an electric scooter while he was drunk, and was booked on charges of breaching the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving).

Police said the mobility device Suga was driving was an ‘electric scooter’, but Suga and his gang described it as an ‘electric kickboard’, leading to suspicions that Suga was trying to reduce the issue.

Suga entered the Nonsan Training Center in South Chungcheong Province to undergo basic military training last March, and is currently working as a social worker. Suga’s release date is June 2025.

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