[Update] CCTV footage exhibiting BTS’s Suga’s electrical scooter DUI incident results in renewed criticism – Asian Junkie

Whereas the police investigation into the DUI case of BTS member Suga continues to be ongoing, additional particulars proceed to emerge, this time through CCTV footage of his accident. Whereas CCTV footage of him driving his electrical scooter subsequent to the principle street had been launched earlier than, the one obtained by Yonhap Information exhibits him driving on the sidewalk, seemingly hitting one thing, after which falling over. It additionally depicts the police that had been patrolling the realm after which the police backup that comes to select him up.

Whereas netizens had beforehand been skeptical about whether or not BIGHIT MUSIC and Suga had been telling the reality about the place the incident occurred of their preliminary assertion (amongst different inconsistencies), it was principally hypothesis. Nevertheless, now there’s elevated criticism of each, as they’re saying that is one other inconsistency primarily based on the situation they claimed.

Like I mentioned final time, it’s simply arduous to present them the good thing about the doubt when issues they’ve claimed have been proven to be false already, even by their very own admission.

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DongA Ilbo has mentioned the JTBC’s CCTV footage was not Suga and has launched one other video of him falling over on a scooter. It additionally explains why that video appeared like he was driving a moped whereas the others present a smaller scooter. Their footage exhibits the above footage from Yonhap however nearer and from a distinct angle.

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They additionally say he was certainly returning house when this occurred.

In accordance with police, SUGA’s actions that night had been as follows: round 9PM he had drinks with acquaintances at a restaurant in Hannam-dong, then he went to his personal studio the place he drank once more, after which round 11PM he left the studio on the electrical scooter to go to 9 One Hannam. SUGA was then discovered by police after he fell in entrance of the principle gate of 9 One Hannam. The electrical scooter SUGA was driving is a foldable mannequin that can’t have its seat eliminated with a prime pace of as much as 30 km/h (18.64 mph) and a motor output of 1.2 kW. It’s reported to be categorised as a “moped” underneath visitors legal guidelines, and SUGA is topic to legal fees for drunk driving.

Whereas clearly that is nonetheless not one thing you wish to be caught doing and there shall be authorized stuff ongoing, it ought to assist him that he wasn’t driving some borderline moped and that the accident itself wasn’t some sort of Kim Sae Rom sort mess.