The Seoul Western District Court has issued a ruling regarding BTS' Suga's alcohol violation case.
Accordingly, the male singer was fined 15 million won (about 300 million VND) for driving an electric scooter after drinking alcohol. This is also the fine that the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office proposed when prosecuting Suga on September 10.
At the time of the violation, Suga's blood alcohol level was 0.227%, equivalent to about 10 glasses of beer. This number is much higher than the 0.08% level - the level that is enough to revoke a driver's license.
Previously, Suga's drunk driving incident attracted public attention.
In Korea, drunk driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or higher will result in a prison sentence of 1-2 years or a fine of 5 million won (92 million VND) to 10 million won (184 million VND).
For alcohol concentrations of 0.2% or more, the penalty will increase sharply.
Suga is currently on hiatus from the entertainment industry to fulfill his mandatory military service. Unlike most of the other BTS members, he is not enlisting in the military but working as a social worker.
Previously, the news that he was driving drunk and violated the alcohol concentration caused many viewers to turn their backs. They even asked him to leave BTS.
