A female nursing officer in the Army is known to have left the workplace without permission to vaccinate Jin, who is currently serving in the military.
According to a media report on the 19th, an officer in his 20s from an army unit, Lieutenant A, was reported to have visited the 5th Division Recruit Training Center where Jin was working from around 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm last January.
The reason is for Jin's second vaccination against epidemic hemorrhagic fever. However, Lieutenant A approached Jin using his personal relationship with the nursing officer of the visiting unit. Leaving the workplace without prior notice to the superior. Afterwards, it was revealed that Lieutenant A, who returned to his unit, spit out the words, “BTS Jin was very sick.”
In accordance with Article 79 of the Military Criminal Act (Leave without permission), leaving the workplace without permission is punishable by imprisonment with or without prison labor for up to one year. Currently, the Ministry of National Defense is conducting an investigation into Lieutenant A's suspicion of leaving the workplace.
The BTS fandom is raising its voice in response to the controversy, saying, "Stalking trainees using the status of a nursing officer is a more serious crime."
In this regard, a military official said, "Some of the charges have been confirmed through inspections, and some of the facts are being denied by the parties involved."
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr