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Watch as BTS star Suga appeared at a Seoul police station on Friday, 23 August, for police questioning over his drunk driving whereas on an electrical scooter.
The Ok-pop rapper, 31, had beforehand apologised after being fined for driving the scooter whereas intoxicated on 6 August.
BTS are at the moment on hiatus as its members full nationwide service.
In a social media publish, Suga mentioned he was “very heavy-hearted and apologetic” to deliver his followers “disappointing information”.
He added that he had “violated the street visitors act” whereas driving dwelling within the South Korean capital “considering it was an in depth distance” and “[forgot] you could’t use an electrical scooter underneath the affect”.
A breathalyser check revealed he was over the blood-alcohol restrict when he reportedly fell off the scooter, the Yonhap information company mentioned, citing police sources.
Beneath South Korean visitors regulation, drink-drivers with a blood-alcohol stage of 0.2% or larger will likely be fined between 10m (£5,710) to 20m gained obtain a wonderful of between 10m gained (£5,710) and 20m (£11399) gained, or a jail sentence of two to 5 years.
