Lee Jae-ryong, who drank again right after 'Drinking Hit-and-Run', got caught..Eventually, he added to the charge of obstructing the sobriety test [Star Issue]

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Police have additionally charged actor Lee Jae-ryong (62), who was charged with drunk driving, with obstructing drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act.

According to News 1 on the 13th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul said, "Under the Road Traffic Act, Lee Jae-ryong, who is suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and inaction after the accident, was additionally charged with obstructing the alcohol measurement."

Lee Jae-ryong is accused of driving a car while drunk in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, hitting a median strip and running away at around 11 p.m. on the 6th.

Immediately after the accident, he parked his car at his Cheongdam-dong home and moved to a nearby restaurant. Lee Jae-ryong joined his acquaintances at the restaurant, and the group is said to have ordered a bottle of distilled liquor and two portions of the insoles.

Police believe that Lee Jae-ryong attempted to "drink" at the meeting. Additionally, the charge of obstructing alcohol measurement was applied. Drinking is a trick to leave the scene and drink alcohol after the accident with the aim of interfering with the police's accurate alcohol measurement at the time of the accident.

The police caught Lee Jae-ryong at his acquaintance's house at around 2 a.m. on the 7th, the day after the accident. At that time, Lee Jae-ryong's blood alcohol concentration at the level of suspension of his license was reportedly measured in a drinking test.

Lee Jae-ryong eventually admitted to the charges that he took the wheel after drinking four glasses of soju.

When the police summoned Lee Jae-ryong for the first time on the 10th, they questioned him about the alleged drunkenness, but Lee Jae-ryong denied it at the time.

The revised Road Traffic Act, which defines drinking as an act of obstructing alcohol measurement and punishes it, came into force in June last year. This was prepared after the controversy over singer Kim Ho-joong's case, which tried to avoid punishment by drunken driving after causing a drunk driving accident in 2024.

Lee Jae-ryong was also revoked for drunk driving in 2003. In 2019, he was sent to the prosecution on charges of damaging the standing board in front of a bowling alley while drunk. At that time, he was suspended from prosecution for compensating the entire amount of damage.

Meanwhile, Lee Jae-ryong married actress Yoo Ho-jeong, five years younger, in 1995. He has one son and one daughter.

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