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G-Dragon member avoids marijuana smoking charges
지드래곤 대마초 흡연 기소 유예
Posted : 2011-10-05 14:10
Updated : 2011-10-05 14:10
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A member of the popular boy band Big Bang has been found to have illegally smoked marijuana but was released without an indictment because he smoked only a tiny amount, prosecutors said Wednesday.

G-Dragon, 23, the leader of the five-member boy band had his indictment suspended by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office after being questioned by prosecutors on charges of smoking marijuana.

During a recent interrogation, the singer whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong admitted to having smoked marijuana at a club in Japan in May while he was on a performance trip, according to the prosecutors.

The prosecution's test of Kwon's hair in July verified his use of the banned drug, the prosecutors added.

"I smoked a cigarette, which a random Japanese guy gave to me in a Japanese club. I suspected it to be marijuana since it smelled different, but I smoked it anyway," G-Dragon was quoted by the prosecutors as saying during the interrogation.

Given that the singer inhaled just a small amount and prosecutors detected only a meager level of marijuana components in the singer's body, the prosecution did not indict him, they said.

G-Dragon's expression of remorse and confession also helped him avoid an indictment that would lead to a court trial, the prosecution noted.

Under South Korean law, marijuana users can be sentenced to a maximum of five years in jail or fined up to 50 million won ($42,000). (Yonhap)

지드래곤 대마초 흡연 기소 유예
인기 남성그룹 빅뱅 멤버 지드래곤(본명 권지용·23)이 대마초 흡연으로 검찰에 적발됐으나 기소유예로 선처 받은 것으로 전해졌다. 5일 서울중앙지검 장력부(김회종 부장검사)는 대마초를 흡연한 혐의(마약류 관리에 관한 법률 위반)로 지드래곤을 기소유예 처분한 사실을 밝혔다. 검찰은 지드래곤이 상습 투약이 아닌 초범인데다 흡연량도 적어 마약사범 양형 처리 기준에 못미치는 수준의 성분이 검출된 점 등을 고려해 이 같은 처분을 내렸다. 지드래곤은 지난 5월 일본에서 대마초를 피웠으며, 두 달 뒤인 7월 검찰에서 모발 검사를 한 결과 양성을 판정됐다. 한편 지드래곤은 검찰 조사에서 공연차 일본을 방문했다 한 클럽에서 대마초를 피웠다고 자백한 것으로 알려졌다. 당시 이름을 모르는 일본인에게 담배 한 대를 받았다는 지드래곤은 “냄새가 일반 담배와 달라 대마초로 의심이 들었지만 조금 피운 것은 사실”이라고 진술했다. (사진출처=YG엔터테인먼트)









 
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