BigHit Music officially apologizes for BTS’ Suga’s drunk driving incident misinformation

BTS’ Suga became the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons during the last couple of hours. It was identified that the idol was drunk, driving an electric scooter, rising concern and outrage from the K-Netizens because of his selfish actions towards other citizens on the streets.

BigHit music and Suga both claimed that he had been riding an electric kickboard. However, CCTV footage later confirmed that he was riding an electric scooter, making the consequences even more serious for the music agency and the idol himself because of the misinformation towards the incident.

Ultimately, BigHit Music issued another statement to apologize to the K-Netizens for their previous oversight. The music agency clarified they didn’t mean to downplay the incident with their choice of terminology for Suga’s vehicle.

“The company used the term “electric kickboard” as we judged the vehicle in use as a kickboard that had a seat attached to it. In the process of checking, we realized that the categorization for the vehicle differed according to its abilities and specifications, as well as the fact that the spectrum of repercussions for any accident would differ as such. We had no intention of downplaying the incident because of what has been said to a certain extent. However, conclusively, we apologize for having hurriedly put out a statement without carefully examining things. From now on, we plan on diligently taking responsibility according to the vehicle type as determined by the investigative officers.”