Big Bang's T.O.P has been stripped of his military police title.
The prosecutors submitted the notice to the 42nd division of the 4th squad this June 8. As he is currently recovering in the ICU for his drug overdose, T.O.P will be heading back home once he has recovered instead of back to his squadron.
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If T.O.P is sentenced to over 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment, he will be forcibly expelled from the army and will not be able to serve. Anything less, and he will be evaluated in order to determine if he is fit to serve in the military again. If he is evaluated to be unfit, then he will have to enlist in the reserved forces as a social/public service worker.
Erisadesu • Sunday, June 11, 2017
Well in my country where army is also compulsory, men would have to prefer jail, because you can buy out your days in jail with money, but you can't buy your way out from the army. He is rich he can pays his way out of prison...if the legal system works the same.
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LBZBeast • Friday, June 9, 2017
Many of the views here from the West (I presume they comefrom the West because they look down on Asia) are very condescending, and even bigoted: "SK is 10 years late" "backward" "unmodern" etc. The West has nothing to show for all its liberalism and "progressive" and "modern" views but decadence, dissipation, and dissolution. TOP was on training and he committed drug overdose: are military personnel in the West on training supposed to take drugs? how would that figure out when they're on active duty? Asian societies are hierarchical, strict, paternalistic respectful of tradition and authoirity, and these have stand them in good stead. Technically SK is at war with the North and any time, war could break out again: how could the South survive with those on enlistment taking drugs? The WEst prides itself in its self-proclaimed capacity for tolerance--so why can't the West tolerate other views, other traditions. The West is not tolerant, but bigoted and smug and arrogant and narcissistic. It condemns others and exalts itself. That's selfish and stupid.
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Winston • Friday, June 9, 2017
I guess Asian countries are very ANTI-drug maybe because of how the European nations bring in drugs like opium into the region, (when they knew it was bad for them, and they needed a country to offload it to and sell to), People saw how drugs like Opium destroyed many lives, due to addiction, which led to gambling and stealing to feed to the addiction, and rich families have gone bankrupt due to opium and such. Even though opium does have its uses in limited dosage like as a painkiller in the war. as with marijuana i think the perception of it is still very negative in Asian countries. so i dun think any asian countries, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India etc will make marijuana legal anytime soon.
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iris7 • Friday, June 9, 2017
Korean laws are 60 years behind our times. Prostitution is illegal and based on simon and martina's video on the issue, there are even vans at the side of the roads where people can buy sex for cheap. Exposing the whole country to all kinds of diseases due to not regulating the sex industry is fine and noone protests but when 1 person buys drugs for his personal use, harming noone but himself, all sorts of people shun him and bully him to the point that he tries to end his life. I'm not trying to change the subject here, I just wanted to point out how weird the moral stardands of SK society appear to be.
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galaxyifan • Thursday, June 8, 2017
But if it's illegal, it's illegal. You can't criticize another country's laws like that just because we don't do it this way in your country, you call them close minded but look at you. You need to respect laws, and if you don't, well you get what you deserve and that's it. It's funny because when Iron got caught smoking weed people were using the argument I'm using here, but now that TOP got caught? Everyone wants the poor oppa free. Look, I'm not saying that he deserves hate or anything, but justice is justice, if other people got into jail for smoking weed, then he gets a punishment as well because he is no different, because you should respect your country's laws. With that being said, hating on him and insulting him won't lead anyone to anywhere, boy just came out of the hospital let the authorities do their thing and stop trying to act as a judge and say that he did it for attention.
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iluv1n2d • Thursday, June 8, 2017
I think Korea needs to be a little flexible with their sentences man, a year and a half? Just make him do military for an extra year or something.
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Whoooo • Thursday, June 8, 2017
Im kind of scared for him since he has to goto jail for over a year. I know he did break the law and needs to get punished but top in jail with other criminals scares me.
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ellazh12 • Thursday, June 8, 2017
i dont really know but don't alot of other korean artists smoke weed too? like jay park and alot of other k-hiphop rappers?
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Wonderscore • Thursday, June 8, 2017
Important question: If it was known that TOP was diagnosed with depression and insomnia and anxiety, how was he permitted to enlist in the first place? For the psych evaluation, are there only specific things that would prevent someone from enlisting? Such as schizophrenia or other such extreme psychological conditions? Is there a psych evaluation?? I was just curious if anyone might know what someone must have in order to be considered unfit for duty. Also, #StayStrongTOP ! <3
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aaaanneee • Thursday, June 8, 2017
What he needs most right now is support. From his friends, family, and also his fans. What's done, is done. It can't be changed. I hope VIPs will always stand by his side and help him recover. Fighting! :)
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