"Drunk Driving" Lee Jae-ryong sent to the prosecution..In the end, additional charges of "drunkering" are applied [Star Issue]

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Actor Lee Jae-ryong, who admitted to driving under the influence, was handed over to the prosecution. In addition to the alleged drinking, he is also charged with so-called "drinking," which is emerging as a key issue in the investigation as to whether there was a purpose of obstructing the alcohol measurement.

According to Newsis on the 18th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul sent Lee Jae-ryong without detention on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving, accident follow-up measures, and obstruction of alcohol measurement).

Lee Jae-ryong is accused of driving a car near Cheongdam Station on Seoul Subway Line 7 at around 11 p.m. on the 6th and running away after hitting a median strip (not taken action after an accident under the Drunk Driving and Road Traffic Act). He was caught by police at an acquaintance's house three hours after the accident. At that time, the blood alcohol level was reportedly at the level of license suspension.

After receiving his first police investigation as a suspect, he admitted to drinking alcohol. Before the accident, he reportedly attended a total of three meetings and drank four glasses of soju only at the last meeting.

However, it was later controversial when it was revealed that Lee Jae-ryong attended another drinking party. In response, the police believed that Lee Jae-ryong attempted to "drink" by drinking additionally, making it impossible to know the drinking level at the time of the accident, and additionally applied the charge of obstructing the alcohol measurement.

Lee Jae-ryong's license was revoked in 2003 after he was booked for refusing to take a sobriety test after causing a drunk driving accident near Cheongdam Intersection in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. In addition, in 2019, he was suspended from prosecution on charges of property damage for damaging a bowling alley's standing board while intoxicated.

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