U.S. diplomat flees after suspected hit-and-run accident in Seoul: police

[rpannier]

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. diplomat fled into the Yongsan Garrison after allegedly hitting a taxi from behind while driving in Seoul earlier this week and has since been refusing to cooperate with a police investigation, officials said Thursday.

The diplomat, whose identity is not known, was suspected of rear-ending the taxi's bumper while changing lanes near the Namsan No. 3 tunnel in central Seoul at 5:35 p.m. Wednesday but left the site without stopping to deal with the accident.

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Police also arrived at the gate and tried to identify the diplomat, but the diplomat and three other passengers refused to cooperate with all police requests, including a breathalyzer test, without even opening a window of the car and entered the base, officials said.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211111005600315

[flying_wahini]

1. This is why we have a bad reputation for being above the law.

[BlackSkimmer]

2. I'm sure the State Department knows who it is.

They should cut swiftly. No doubt the guy was drunk, and he’s probably safe from that charge.

But he should be sent home forthwith.

[rpannier]

3. Lived in Korea for almost 20 years

It happens more often than people know
The guards should be required to hold and do a breathalyzer test
That would deter some of this because there would be a record
For all the complaining some people do about the MPs providing policing in Itaewon area, if you're an American and you do something stupid, they will arrest you. If you get to the gate, they'll still arrest you because they can go on the post and get you

[BlackSkimmer]

4. Oh it happens everywhere, I'm sure.

Remember the diplomat’s wife who killed a kid in England when she drove on the wrong side of the road?

I don’t think anything happened to her.

[luv2fly]

5. We should exchange her for Julian Assange

Everybody wins.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. Ha!

Wonder whatever happened to her.

[Klaralven]

6. US diplomat embroiled in controversy over alleged hit-and-run

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/11/120_318685.html