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BTS’ Suga Fined $11,500 Over Electric Scooter DUI Offense


BTS band member Suga has been fined by a Seoul court after his controversial electric scooter DUI offense.

A court in Seoul has fined BTS band member Suga KRW15 million ($11,500) for driving an electric scooter while under the influence of alcohol. The matter, which has had political ramifications within Korea and stirred up different groups of fandom, started with Seoul police taking Suga (real name Min Yoon-gi, stage name Agust D) in for questioning on Aug. 6 after he fell to the ground while driving an electric scooter near his home. Because of the star’s prominence, the DUI has attracted vast amounts of media coverage, some of it seemingly based on information leaks from the police and other parts of it speculation.

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