Idols/Music

What will become of Daesung?

Written by Johnelle On June 24, 2011

At 10:00 am KST on the 24th, Yeongdeungpo police held a briefing to release the results of the autopsy conducted by South Korea’s National Institute of Scientific Investigation (NISI) of the victim in the traffic accident that Big Bang’s Daesung was invloved in. Police had requested that the NISI conduct the autopsy due to the mystery regarding the accident and because they were unable to get any conclusive evidence from the CCTVs surrounding the area. The critical piece of information that police have been waiting for is the exact time of death of the victim Hyun, which would determine the charges that would be brought up against Daesung.

So far, the facts had been that on May 31st Daaesung was involved in early morning accident as he crossed a bridge driving from Hapjeong-dong to Yangpyung-dong. A taxi driver had stopped after seeing a fallen motorcyclist in the road and had put on his emergency blinkers. A second driver was able to swerve and avoid the motorcyclist also, but Daesung did not see the motorcyclist and ran over him and hit the taxi cab. Here’s a pictorial of the events.

At first the deceased was thought to be a victim of a hit-and run, but later it was revealed that they thought that he got into a accident due to driving under the influence of alcohol. Police had also said that Daesung was negligent in driving by not seeing the victim on the road and speeding.

In the briefing, police revealed that Daesung will be charged for negligence while driving which led to the death of the victim. The findings state that the victim hit a street lamp which did cause significant injuries to his face, neck and back and caused him to be lying on the road. It was alluded to that it was difficult to differentiate which injuries occurred from which accident, but that only a little over 2 minutes passed between both accidents and that they do not believe that the victim died within those two minutes laying the blame for the death on Daesung.

If Daesung is charged for Negligent Driving and Manslaughter (they have not revealed the exact charges he will face), he could serve up to five years in jail and pay no more than 20 million won in fines. In previous reports, experts had commented that even in a worst case scenario (which this sort of is) they didn’t think that Daesung would have to serve prison time. Their reasons were that when looking at precedent in other cases with similar situations, the guilty party served probation and/or paid a fine instead. Due to the circumstances with Hyun causing his own accident by driving under the influence which is why he was lying in the road; the fact that Daesung was not under the influence, stopped to render aid, and has no prior criminal history; and that this was just a really unfortunate accident- I would hope that that would be the case.

As a fan of Daesung, it was really heart breaking to hear about the accident when it happened and these findings were not what we had hoped for for Daesung. I will say one thing though, that in the end what I had hoped for the most was the truth. I do believe that the police and the NISI handled the matter professionally and did their best to find the truth and that they did not let any other outside factors mar their investigation. For justice to prevail, Daesung should be treated just like any other member of the South Korean Society. Any efforts to give him any special treatment or any unusually harsh treatment would be an injustice to the victim and to Daesung.

Fans know that Daesung is such a sweet soul and we’ve already read reports of how hard he has been taking the death of the victim, so any special treatment would have undeniably held a heavy toll on Daesung’s conscience. I do hope that Daesung does not end up having to serve prison time and instead serves probation and\or pays a fine. It would be an injustice if he is sent to prison because it really was a case of being at the wrong place, at the wrong time- it could have been anyone that missed seeing the fallen motorcyclist on the road, it’s just that in this case it happened to be a member of one of Korea’s most popular bands.

(Newsen, SportsChosun, Hankooki, TOPTOPIA)

TAGS: Big Bang, Daesung

kc
when it comes to Daesung’s case it has kept me on the edge of my seat… it’s so sad, I’ve tried to keep my opinion to my self about the case until the tests were done and now… I don’t really know what to think…
what must Daesung and the victim’s family be feeling right now? I hope everyone’s ok.
justice
i’ve been pretty much updated about this incident ever since it broke out. I’ve read in other sites about how people are heavily blaming Daesung for this. I get angry at them because even tho he was involve it wasn’t entirely his fault. I mean the motorcyclist was driving drunk. It was his fault that caused him to have been in that situation. Daesung hit the guy, but people act as if he meant to run him over. He didnt see the fallen victim, it was dark. And people are also saying he should be jailed for this and all that. I don’t think putting him in jail would solve anything. I mean why would you send a guy that didnt intend for that to happen and wasn’t at fault in the first place on why the guys was in the road to jail?
yellow
Sure, he probably didn’t mean to hit the guy, but the fact is he did hit him. At that point, it is his fault, and he should face the consequences. Just because he didn’t mean to hit him on purpose doesn’t mean that he just gets off like that. He was being negligent, and according to the article, that’s a crime worth 5 years in jail and more. Face the consequences.

Johnelle
The article did not say ‘that’s a crime worth 5 years in jail and more’ it says ‘up to five years in jail and pay no more than 20 million won in fines’ which would be the MAXIMUM punishment for the charge. The degree of punishment will vary based upon the circumstances, degree of negligence, and percentage of fault. Based on what we know of the accident, I don’t believe that Daesung will receive jail time.
The victim didn’t deserve to die for driving drunk, but he was partly at fault for his own death. Daesung is at fault according to the report, but he wasn’t completely to blame for the death and doesn’t deserve going to jail. Which is why I said he should be given probation, maybe have his license suspended for a time period (if he ever even wants to drive again), and pay a fine.
twizzler
You have to see the circumstances, the man was driving under the influence as well, which caused his first accident. Cases like these are mostly probationary unless there was some intent or criminal negligence, which i doubt there is because its not like he rammed into the guy while the guy was on his bike, no one expects there to be a person lying on the road.
J
That’s what he’s trying to do, isn’t he? I mean, he did participate in all of the investigations. He didn’t even try to brush it off. The moment he hit the taxi (before even realizing that there was actually a man lying somewhere), he got off his car and checked. Sure he’s locking himself inside his room and the fans worry about him, but everyone knows that he was in fact, speeding. And that he hit the man, regardless.
And who said that he’s going to get off the case just like that? No one is saying that. Almost everyone is hoping for the best. You see a lot of fans worrying for Daesung, but can you make them stop? And just because they do, doesn’t mean that they’re turning a blind eye over things completely.
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Yep, I’m gonna have to agree with this.
LoL
“Sure, he probably didn’t mean to hit the guy, but the fact is he did hit him. At that point, it is his fault, and he should face the consequences.”
I’m gonna have to disagree with this. With the results of the investigations, it was revealed that it really wasn’t Daesung’s fault. He is to be blamed for over-speeding, yes. But let’s not forget the circumstances, the deceased was drunk which resulted to a serious previous accident prior to Daesung’s collision with him. It was still dark during the time of the accident, it was on a freeway, so seeing a man lying down on the ground would have been hard for any driver, over speeding or not. If there was a car in front of Daesung, the driver of that car could’ve been the one to hit the victim, but unfortunately, it was Daesung who ultimately caused the victim’s death.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s not whether or not he meant to kill the guy or not. That’s a no-brainer, he didn’t. That’s why it’s called an accident. What we need to remember is that the whole event was almost inevitable, and that’s a big factor. The victim was lying on the freeway while it was dark, and why? It’s because he was driving under the influence, and DUI is illegal in South Korea. We shouldn’t forget that factor because if he wasn’t drunk, there probably wouldn’t have been any accident prior to Daesung’s, to begin with. Daesung might’ve never run over the victim. Daesung did hit him, but was it really Daesung’s fault? If the chances of the victim being run over by a speeding car after his first accident is higher than not, then again, Daesung was just at the wrong place, at the wrong time, like the author said.
The law is never black and white, it’s not as simple as if you did this, then you deserve this. That’s why there are outside factors involved in the accident, they are there, that’s why we should look at them and not ignore them.
In these kinds of situations it’s easy for some to blame everything on someone, when both are clearly victims of something that was meant to happen. I think the family of the victim understood this, because even they didn’t try and blame Daesung for something that was unfortunate for all the parties involved.
ehyo
Daesang wasn’t paying attention at all! seriously, how do you not see a whole accident in front of you…its not like its kids of something, these are adults and two vehicles!
its sucks for all parties, but seriously, a death could have been avoided if Daesung had been a better driver…

niczcin
I’m sorry for both of the parties. It must be hard for both Daesung and the family of the deceased. However, Daesung can be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Honestly, we will never know if the man was dead before or after he got hit. But the fact that two other cars managed to miss the accident shows that Daesung had the ability to avoid the accident too if he wasn’t going 20 km over the speed limit. And a 20 km difference is very big.
celsuis
Have you ever driven at night, he was following a car directly in front of him so the front car has a longer range of viewing then the car behind thus more time to react. Once the car swerves to the right to avoid the accident the car behind has to scan whats in front but a lot of people don’t directly look at the ground because its not common for a body to be laying on the road. Other factors like road lighting and whether he was using low light beams would affect his vision also.

Merewen
And from what I understand it was also raining. I’m not trying to give him a pass, but lets take all the factors into consideration. Yes he was speeding. Yes the other cars managed to avoid a dude laying in the middle of the road. But it was also night time and it was raining. ALL the factors into consideration.
And for those who question he’s driving ability… There but for the grace of god I go. These type of situations can happen to the best of drivers. Be hopeful you never find yourself in that situation.
He’s already goona have enough trouble with Korea’s “interesting” law system.

HeartbreakingX2
And as sad and tragic as it is for the person who lost his life, he, the motorcyclist, actually is negligent for the cause of the accident. He was drunk, rammed himself into something, then fell and passed out in the middle of the dark road. The two cars before Daesung just barely missed him and had quicker reflexes. While Daesung is guilty of speeding ( and rightly should be penalized for that). He most certainly shouldn’t be accused of intentionally killing another human being.
Daesung’s lifelong punishment would actually be worse than any jail time or fine. He had part ( be it purely by accident and being at the wrong place at the wrong time) in ending one’s life. He will have to live with that for the rest of his life. I’m sure the guilt of that alone is pure torture.
eh
Is it me or does this story change every five minutes. First the man was dead, then he wasn’t, then he was dead again. Then it was a hit and run, now the driver was drunk. I mean…is there any solid proof that Daesung actually hit the man? Because sometimes the man was dead at the scene and other times he was pronounced dead in hospital.
This has to be the shoddiest police investigation ever. Everything seems to be inconclusive, so how is it suddenly Daesung can be tried for all these things.
Look not to sound harsh in all this, but if the man was drunk whilst driving well he has no sympathy from me. His amazingly bad decision led to his own death. Everything else that came after that was unfortunate. Not to say Daesung should not be penalised for speeding. But unless someone can prove that his speeding led to the man’s death – everything just seems like a pile of pants.

Mayumi
I don’t think it’s a shoddy investigation so much as inept media reports, and confused translations.

eh
I honestly don’t think the police are helping themselves here either. But you are right it is 90% more media reporting making me go WTF.

well
It’s gonna be hard knowing you caused a man’s death.
Ahhh…and the point?
Ahm…Ranting about this isnt going to do any kind of work, so im goin got save me the stress. But i really wanna know if YG has a lawyer to take care of this problem, because this is exactly what it is. Im sorry, I just feel that there is no kind’ve sense coming out of this? What are these cops trying to prove? That they dont go soft on celebrities? Frankly I dont get it, but then again, I’m not sure of the workings of the law in korea. Because, this shouldnt even be an issue. Someone died, yes thats sad. But that person was laying in th MIDDLE of the ROAD. Whether he was there from a prior accident or his own fault (drinking and driving) this should not have any effect on daesung. Seriously. I’m not being biased but, this doesn’t warrant anything but a speeding ticket. It was night time and whether Daesung was doing the speedlimit or not, fact is the guy would’ve still been ran over. Going slower doesnt mean that the damages from being ran over are lessened. I think that these cops are trying to give the deceased family member some kind of justice and are going about it the wrong way. This situation is starting to piss me off so I guess I should just drop it. This sucks and I hope YG ceo guy see’s that this is unfair and gets a lawyer on this case stat. Ii hope he doesnt try to make daesung apoogize till he;s blue in the face. Because he did nothing wrong. The poor kid is already distraught and he even went out of his way to apologize to the guys family already. Let me stop, im seriously getting ticked.
Blasphemy!
OK, I am a little confused about what is said in the article about Dae Sung’s criminal charges. It’s unclear because the article seems to contradict itself by first stating that:
(1) “In the briefing, police revealed that Daesung will be charged for negligence while driving which led to the death of the victim. ”
That reads as if the authorities have already brought up DS upon the aforementioned charges.
But then, the article proceeds in stating:
(2) “If Daesung is charged for Negligent Driving and Manslaughter (they have not revealed the exact charges he will face) . . .”
Do you mean if Dae Sung is found GUILTY of those charges? Because, with the above sentence it seems as if the authorities have not charged DS and they are still considering what to accuse DS of.
Is he being charged with criminal acts and, if so, what are they?
On another note, you say:
(3) “It would be an injustice if he is sent to prison because it really was a case of being at the wrong place, at the wrong time…”
Not really. If Dae Sung serves prison it’s within the legal parameters, since it’s the penalty that the legal code prescribes to the severity of his misconduct.
And let’s remember that Involuntary Manslaughter, in it’s most basic sense, means unintentional cause of death of a person (which distinguishes from murder, an act that is carried out with malicious intent).
Based on the information available of Dae Sung’s traffic collision, it seems that the authorities are correct in assessing the charges of Negligent Driving that resulted in Involuntary Manslaughter.
At any rate, all we can do is wish DS luck (and hope that the media won’t turn it into a scandal) ~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter
juujun
wow … in germany he would be a free man because of the lack of evidence …
it would be really to much if he would have to go to jail, i mean he is suffering enough from his own blame and i think the thoughts in his head (that he feels responsible for the death) is worse enough.
he is still such a young person and i hope there will be not to much difficulties he has to face in the future.
sorry for my bad english.
twizzler
The thing is they are not even really sure how bad his prior injuries were before, they are charging based on the fact that they think the guy was most likely still alive because only 2 minutes has passed from his accident.
asianromance
It’s an unfortunate accident all-around. The most important issue is not whether Daesung will have to go to jail or not and it’s not whether he was to blame or not, it’s really whether he will find it in him to forgive himself one day. Even if the courts decide to clear Daesung, he will always wonder if he had a larger part in it since the man died. You can’t help feeling guilty. This is such a heavy burden to bear.
Kasie
All people r talking about is the accedent not even the mental state daesung must b in.he must b living hell right now wishing he could turn back in time. In some way I could understand what he might b going through. He’s probably is telling himself what if questions. I had watch my sister get hit by a van that never stop the driver kept on going. My sis and I were both going through our own hell she was living it and mine was mental. I kept tellin myself what if I had done this or that. After that I had become suicidal. I think we need to stop with the blame game what happen happen u can’t erase the past u can only looked forward. Let’s now just hope for the beast and keep him in our prayers, right now he needs it because we don’t know how he is doing mentaly
Kasie
All people r talking about is the accedent not even the mental state daesung must b in.he must b living hell right now wishing he could turn back in time. In some way I could understand what he might b going through. He’s probably is telling himself what if questions. I had watch my sister get hit by a van that never stop the driver kept on going. My sis and I were both going through our own hell she was living it and mine was mental. I kept tellin myself what if I had done this or that. After that I had become suicidal. I think we need to stop with the blame game what happen happen u can’t erase the past u can only looked forward. If we all keep looking in the past we r jus going to let life pass us by. I’m sure daesung is sorry, more then we will ever know and if he could take it back he would. Let’s now just hope for the beast in our prayers, right now he needs it because we don’t know how he is doing mentally.
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Ppl<3worshippingFame=(
WTF! He killed someone. He needs to go to jail. It doesn’t matter if he felt sorry and have guilt. He needs to serve time. FUCK YOU to anyone who sympathizes with this dumbass. I bet all of you loosers sympathize with every murderer out there. Just sick! And I know what all of you guys are going to say, “but he’s famous.” Why should we care, it’s not like we are famous ourselves. Why do we allow these famous fucktards to get away with murder. All humans in the eyes of our civilized justice system should be treated equally but nooo, we idiots want to let famous people go free without any major punishment. I’m sure this guy does feel sorry (not!), if he was genuinely sorry, he’d take his own ass to prison and serve time. So fuck Daesung. Fuck him hard. I’ll be praying that if he doesn’t serve time in this life, he’ll be serving time in hell.

Winz87
no man, you seriously understanding this the wrong way.. if he did kill that guy with the intent to kill, According to law he must be punished up to 5 years. but there are cases like this which even according to law could only be punished as negligence from his part. it’s not because he is a famous “fucktards” ( seems like you got done pretty hard ) that he could get away from this… it’s not like superstars have “out of jail free card” lying somewhere in his wallet.. plus it is also up to the family of the deceased whether or not they will press charges… the motorcyclist was drunk in the first place and could’ve dead muuucch muuuuuucch slower and agonizing (if reports showing he had already crashed his face to the railing was true) no one is right or wrong, but this really is just a case of an unfortunate accident….

Winz87
plus it’s ppl like you that make the world worse. terrorist think the way you do mate. kill – why should we give them mercy? life is only worth a cent anyway… stop thinking that you only live inside an aquarium, start living in the sea mate!

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