[SBS Star] BIGBANG's T.O.P Possibility of Serving as an Active Duty Army Officer

One of the behemoth K-pop groups BIGBANG's member and actor T.O.P was given a suspended sentence at The Seoul Central District Court for smoking marijuana multiple times last year.

On July 20th, The Seoul Central District Court found T.O.P(Choi Seung-hyun) to be guilty for the use of the illicit drug and sentenced him to 10 months in jail suspended for two years.  Early last month, Choi Seung-hyun was indicted without detention for using the banned substance four times with a 21-year-old trainee singer at his home in Seoul in October. 

While he was serving his two year mandatory military duty as a conscripted policeman, now faces a disciplinary review by the police who will decide whether to allow him to keep his position.

If he fails, he will be discharged and forced to finish his service as a public service worker, as mandated in police regulation regarding its officers indicted on criminal charges.

As he has low chance of serving military duty as a conscripted policeman, if he chooses to serve as an active duty army officer then he will be set to army deployment as he went through basic military training.

In South Korea, all able-bodied Korean men before the age of 35 are required to complete at least 21 months of military service. Also, the illegal use of marijuana is punishable by up to five years in prison.

(Credit= Yonhap News Agency)

(SBS Star)