'Drunk driving hit-and-run' singer Kim Ho-joong to be released on the 30th after passing parole review [Official]

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Singer Kim Ho-joong (35), serving a sentence for drunk driving and hit-and-run, has passed a parole review and will be released on the 30th of this month.

A representative for Kim Ho-joong told StarNews on the 23rd, "Kim Ho-joong has passed the parole review and will be released on the 30th."

Kim Ho-joong, who originally received a two-year and six-month prison sentence in the first and second instances, was scheduled for release in November, but passing the parole review has advanced his release date by approximately five months. Earlier, Kim Ho-joong was considered for a special Christmas parole review in December last year but was deemed ineligible.

On May 9, 2024, Kim Ho-joong, while driving under the influence, crossed the center line on a road in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and collided with a taxi coming from the opposite direction. On the 24th of the same month, Kim Ho-joong was detained based on the court's judgment that there was a risk of evidence destruction.

Subsequently, in November 2024, the first-instance court ruled that a heavy sentence was unavoidable for Kim Ho-joong, who was charged with violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (Dangerous Driving Causing Injury), and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison. Kim Ho-joong appealed the verdict, but the original ruling was upheld in the second instance. Kim Ho-joong later abandoned his appeal to the Supreme Court and began serving his sentence.

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