JTBC Officially Apologizes For CCTV Misreport Regarding BTS Suga’s DUI
This article is part of our coverage of BTS Suga’s DUI Case. You can read more and view the entire timeline here.
BTS‘s Suga is currently at the center of a drunk driving controversy. Reports from various Korean news sources revealed that he was found by police in Hannam-dong after he fell from the electric scooter he had been driving while intoxicated. Suga was then escorted to a nearby police station for further investigation. According to an exclusive report from Donga Ilbo, the Yongsan Police Station measured Suga’s blood alcohol content at 0.227%.
JTBC broke the first alleged CCTV on August 7, 2024. The footage was of a man cruising down the main road on an electric scooter. Later, investigations showed that Suga had been driving on the sidewalk instead and in the opposite direction.
On August 16, 2024, JTBC aired an apology on their nightly news.
JTBC APOLOGIZES FOR SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT SUGA:
👤 … a CCTV footage of him riding an electric scooter was aired, and a police investigation confirmed that the man in the video was not BTS' Suga. We apologize for the confusion. pic.twitter.com/j6k8VIdnpC
— moni⁷ 𖠌 (@sevenrchive) August 16, 2024
Our newsroom reported about BTS member Suga’s DUI on August 7. In the first portion of our report, we showed a CCTV footage of an electric scooter passing by the main road. It was later confirmed through police investigations that the male in the video was not Suga. We are sorry for causing confusion
— JTBC
Previously, JTBC reported that the CCTV footage was mistakenly used but failed to issue an apology, angering netizens. You can read more about it below.
JTBC Engulfed In Scandal As Fake CCTV Footage Continues To Fuel BTS Suga Backlash
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