Popular South Korean singer T.O.P. in a wheelchair leaves Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 9, 2017. T.O.P. was released from the hospital after being treated for an overdose of anti-anxiety pills. (Kwon Hyun-koo /Newsis via AP)
June 09, 2017 - 2:17 AM
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Popular South Korean singer T.O.P. has been released from a Seoul hospital after being treated for an overdose of anti-anxiety pills.
His medical setback came after he was indicted on charges of smoking marijuana last year before he entered the country's police force to serve his mandatory military service. The drug is illegal in South Korea and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has reportedly suspended him.
T.O.P., whose real name is Choi Seung-hyun, told reporters Friday he was "sorry" as he left the hospital in a wheelchair and wearing a white mask.
T.O.P. is a member of the boy band Big Bang, which has a large following in Asia.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017