'Suga was not summoned on Thursday': BTS agency denies reports

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'Suga was not summoned on Thursday': BTS agency denies reports

Published: 22 Aug. 2024, 10:22 Updated: 22 Aug. 2024, 10:43

YOON SO-YEON
yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr

Suga of boy band BTS [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Suga's agency HYBE denied reports that the BTS member will be summoned for police questioning on Thursday.

"The summoning schedule that has spread is wrong and he will not be attending today," a HYBE official told the Korea JoongAng Daily. The summoning date was not confirmed by the official.

Media reports said Wednesday evening that Suga will be summoned by police on Thursday and that he will not stand before a photo line to answer questions from reporters.

Suga was investigated for the first time on Aug. 6 for driving an electric scooter under the influence of alcohol in Yongsan District, central Seoul, the same day.

Suga and his agency BigHit Music came under fire for allegedly attempting to minimize the harm in the DUI case, stating that the singer was driving an electric stand-up scooter instead of a seated electric scooter in their apology the day after the accident. The agency later stated on Aug. 8 that it "will fully abide by the responsibilities depending on how authorities decide to categorize the vehicle."

The singer is currently fulfilling his mandatory military service as a social service agent, a role that typically involves a regular daily work schedule, allowing him to return home after work hours. The BTS member is scheduled to complete his service in June next year.

Suga’s blood alcohol level when he was caught driving under the influence was 0.227 percent, high enough to qualify for a revocation of his driver’s license — a punishment imposed from a threshold of 0.08 percent.

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]