"LG Heart" Oh Ji-hwan's apology, "Drunk driving is ridiculous, it's really upsetting... I'm sorry."
"LG Heart" Oh Ji-hwan's apology, "Drunk driving is ridiculous, it's really upsetting... I'm sorry."
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"LG Twins' Heart" Oh Ji-hwan (34) also bowed his head to drunk driving by Kim Yu-min (21), his junior on the same team.먹튀검증
LG said on the 20th, "Kim Yu-min was caught by the police for drunk driving around 11:30 p.m. on the 17th. Kim Yu-min reported himself to the club on the 19th, and the club immediately reported it to the KBO Clean Baseball Center after confirming the fact." LG then stressed, "The club will sincerely apologize to the fans regarding this incident, and make more efforts to prevent recurrence and manage the team."
The Korea Baseball Organization has also taken disciplinary action. "Kim Yu-min, who was caught drunk driving by the police, was disqualified for one year," the KBO said after officially announcing on the same day. "Kim Yu-min is disqualified for one year in accordance with Article 151 of the KBO Protocol as he meets the criteria for revocation of his license."
According to KBO League regulations, 70 games of suspension of licenses, one-year disqualification for revocation of licenses, five-year disqualification for two drunk driving cases, and permanent disqualification for three or more drunk driving cases are imposed.
Recently, LG suffered from measles due to drunk driving. In July, he terminated his contract with coach Choi Seung-joon, 36, who was caught red-handed after refusing to measure him while driving under the influence of alcohol. On Sept. 14, Lee Sang-young, a promising pitcher in the second division, was caught drunk driving. About three months later, the KBO held a reward and punishment committee and disqualified Lee for one year.
In the end, Cha Myung-seok, LG's general manager, made an apology in person. "Kim Yu-min in the second division has been caught drunk driving and will be disciplined," Cha said after appearing on YouTube's live broadcast that was scheduled on the same day. "I feel so ashamed and hurt as the team's general manager. There are so many unsavory incidents that failed to meet the expectations of the fans, and I have nothing to say even though the fans are criticized and criticized. I apologize from the bottom of my heart."
"Our team will also take a close look at where to start again and make efforts to prevent a recurrence of drunk driving from happening again," he said. "As the head of the team, I have also asked the team to take disciplinary action on its own. I will reflect on myself first and try to help the team become a better team. I sincerely apologize."
Oh Ji-hwan, the LG Twins' representative franchise star and former captain, also bowed his head. "This should not happen. I need to think more about the team, but I don't think it should be just an individual," Oh said when he met the LG Twins at Hakdong Elementary School in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the previous day.
"I thought, 'This is about me,' but actually everyone is having a hard time right now," he said, adding, "It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense, and I'm so angry. I'm so sorry. I even feel more like that (sorry) than the general manager because I'm in the position of a player. Moreover, I was in the second division," he said. "I told this to the players separately. I also told (captain) Hae-min, and I told him separately."
In the meantime, LG made an official statement through an apology. "We deeply apologize to our fans for Kim Yoo-min's drunk driving," LG said in response to Kim's latest drunk driving. "Despite continuing to pay special attention and education to the players for their social responsibilities and postures as professional baseball players, we are shocked and embarrassed by the incident that happened again," LG said. "The team is deeply responsible for this incident. We will humbly accept any criticism and criticism from our fans." Finally, LG said, "We will thoroughly reflect on ourselves once again, and take strong measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents. We deeply apologize to our fans who love and support us in professional baseball and the LG Twins."