Reporter Wu Ruici/Comprehensive Report
South Korean media broke out on the 8th that a 40-year-old Kim actor and singer was involved in drunk driving, according to reports, at 3:30 a.m. on December 29, when changing routes near Gangnam Yiwon-dong, he actually hit the vehicle in front of him, but he refused to take a drink test as many as 3 times, and was finally placed on file for investigation. However, he did not reflect on this, but posted a message on IG to congratulate him on a happy new year, which angered fans to flood into the messages "Are you drunk driving" and "Do you want to continue like this".
"Palace" Kim Jeong-hoon has a history of drunk driving, and he crashed on New Year's Eve, but he refused to take a drinking test 3 times. (Photo/Retrieved from MBC, Kim Jung-hoon IG)
According to reports, the 40-year-old Jin actor and singer actually has a criminal record, as early as July 2011, he was not detained by the police for suspected drunk driving, and his driver's license was revoked, but he did not expect that he would commit drunk driving again at the end of 2023, when he hit the vehicle in front of him, the police arrived at the scene of the car accident and asked him to take a drink test, but he refused as many as 3 times, so he had to go to a nearby police station to complete the investigation before returning home, but the relevant units will soon call him to investigate.
"Palace" Kim Jeong-hoon crashed on New Year's Eve and refused to take a drinking test 3 times, and his real name was disclosed by the media. (Photo/Retrieved from Nate)
Because the actor surnamed Kim has a criminal record, it didn't take long for netizens to dig out his true identity, and the news actor is actor Kim Jeong-hoon, who starred in the popular Korean drama "Palace" in Asia in 2006 and has a large number of female fans.
Fans poured into Kim Jeong-hoon's IG to leave messages. (Photo/Retrieved from IG)
However, he was also found that after the drunk driving incident, he continued to post on IG as if nothing happened, and congratulated fans on "Happy New Year", which also made a large number of netizens dissatisfied, thinking that he had no reflection, and the message area was full of "I heard that you were drunk driving", "The drunk driving actor is you", "Do you want to continue like this", "Slow and don't send", in this regard, Kim Jeong-hoon has not yet had any official relevant response.
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