Printed: 05 Nov. 2025, 13:59
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Comic Lee Kyung-kyu speaks to reporters at Seoul Gangnam Police Station in southern Seoul on June 24. [NEWS1]
Comic Lee Kyung-kyu has been fined for driving below the affect of prescription medicine, in line with court docket officers on Wednesday.
The Seoul Central District Court docket issued a abstract order final Friday, imposing a nice of two million gained ($1,400) on Lee for violating the Street Visitors Act.
Prosecutors filed the abstract indictment on Oct. 21, in search of the identical nice.
A abstract order is a simplified prison process wherein minor offenses are adjudicated based mostly on written submissions and with no formal trial. Defendants can request a full trial inside one week of receiving the court docket order.
Lee was accused of driving below the affect of prescribed medicine on the afternoon of June 8 in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul. He was reported to the police after he was seen driving a automobile comparable in mannequin and coloration to a different individual’s automobile, prompting a mistaken theft report.
He examined constructive for substances in an preliminary roadside drug check. After confirming the outcomes with the Nationwide Forensic Service, police summoned Lee for questioning and referred him to prosecutors in July with out detention.
Following the investigation, Lee admitted to the cost and apologized publicly, saying, “I didn’t absolutely understand that I shouldn’t be driving after taking medicine for panic dysfunction.”
BY HYEON YE-SEUL [[email protected]]
