SM Entertainment releases official statement on Super Junior Kangin's DUI investigation 

SM Entertainment releases official statement on Super Junior Kangin\'s DUI investigation + announces hiatus

SM Entertainment has released an official statement on Super Junior Kangin\'s DUI investigation.

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On May 24, SME sent a press release, confirming his DUI and announcing Kangin\'s hiatus:

Kangin\'s DUI accident is true. He went to the police station this afternoon after being contacted and was investigated at the scheduled time. 

Kangin is deeply reflecting after this incident. He\'ll be taking time to reflect and stopping all entertainment-related activities. 

Once again, we sincerely apologize for causing worry."As previously reported, Kangin was driving under the influence of alcohol when he hit a streetlight and fled the scene. In related news, Kangin was also charged with a DUI and hit and run in 2009. 

It looks like fans will have to wait for Kangin to return.

Clearly SME is no longer pouring as much $$$ on promoting suju anymore, their just milking off their suju super show. Another huge blow for Kangin 2 times DUI.

I don\'t know what to say? she has a lot of courage to go into Lion\'s Den

What makes me mad is that even though YG artists tend not to do things as bad as him, Kangin\'s stuff is swept under the rug while YG gets thrown under the bus.

What a nonplussing comment lmao. If you are insinuating that you weigh the the murder of an innocent man by a drunk and smuggling drugs is in any way higher than drunk driving, then I seriously don\'t know what to say. What Kangin did was absolutely terrible, but cut your fucking high horse hubris bullshit and stop dragging irrelevant things thats have nothing to do with this situation.

I can\'t even believe the absolute crap I just read from you. Good job for stretching the truth to its most extreme. You can be one of those leech reporters. That man killed in Daesung\'s car incident wasn\'t a murder, that would imply that Daesung saw him on the ground and gunned the throttle to run him over. NO. What actually happened was that the man was driving his motorcycle DRUNK and fell off his bike, Daesung couldn\'t see him because he was driving behind a taxi driver and didn\'t see him at all until he literally went on top of him. The man lost his life, but he is far from innocent. Bom did not smuggle drugs, if so, she would have been charged. The judge found that there was no evidence to prove that Bom knew that the PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE were illegal. If you can prove it, please, do tell. Sit back and breath. The only incident I can think of that was as bad Kangin\'s was Seungri, and he didn\'t run away like Kangin did nor was he drunk.

a drunken biker on the road is an innocent man... then wtf is Kangin being charged for?.. oh the injustice.

I\'m not defending him at all. But alcoholism is a sickness and it probably doesn\'t help to be an alcoholic and in the kpop industry under SM.  Obviously it happened again because he either didn\'t get help or he relapsed. I truly hope as he takes responsibility that he also gets the help he needs for an addiction that could someday take a life, maybe and eventually his own due to alcohol related health risks. Kangin always seems a bit sad to me even when he\'s being brusque and or funny.

I agree. Alcoholism is a sickness and it\'s pretty horrible. The thing here is he hit a lightpost (thank God nothing more severe happened) and ran away. I think the fact that he ran away is what weighs more in this situation. Because even if he had created an accident but stayed there and face consequences a lot of people would be on the fence about the whole. Alas, he made an immature mistake and decison, with hope that he learns and seeks help too.

Granted, with 849273 members the possibility is always higher than those with 5 or 6, but SuJu really do have some awful people as members. I\'m sure he was sentenced to "self reflection" last time too - fat load of good that did. Lock him up.

"He went to the police station this afternoon after being contacted" So he didn\'t even turn himself in (after 11 hours, mind you), he was caught and identified on camera and the police brought them in. Great. Not that turning himself in even makes a dent in the guilt and shame he deserves, but at least it would have been something. This fucking guy.

The thing is, this being his 2nd time being CAUGHT, there may have been many other instances where he drunk and drove but didn\'t get caught. Kangin getting his licence revoked is an obvious must and I wouldn\'t even feel bad if he got jail time. Drinking and driving is not right no matter how you look at it and no one should stick up for this guy.

Exactly. One DUI can be a one-time "mistake", but multiple DUIs is a lifestyle. He likely drives drunk all of the time, but only hit something (or got caught hitting something) twice.

and he got caught because of cctv and witnesses. not because he turned himself in or something. he didnt even know what he hit, he just drove away. thats just so infuriating. he\'s a grown ass man for fks sake.

That\'s true, and it\'s scary to think that he could have just as easily hit a person and then driven away unaware and unconcerned. Considering his first DUI he hit a parked car that thankfully had no one in it, but just as easily could have, he should know all too well how easily his actions could have hurt or killed someone, and yet it doesn\'t seem to have affected his behavior. That really says something.

I\'m sad and dissapointed, he is my Suju bias but I can\'t and won\'t shield him this time. Guess he hasn\'t learned a thing at all... :(

ok why the hell does he have to flee the scene? that makes it look doubly bad!!

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