An employee of the Embassy of Mongolia in Korea who caused a rear-end collision while driving drunk in Gangnam District, Seoul, has indicated an intention to invoke diplomatic immunity.
The Gangnam Police Station in Seoul said on the 19th that it plans not to refer for indictment, citing lack of prosecutorial authority, in the case of an Embassy of Mongolia employee in Korea, identified as A, who has been under investigation on suspicion of drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act.
A is suspected of driving a vehicle while intoxicated and causing a three-car rear-end crash near Sinsa Station in Gangnam District, Seoul, at about 6 a.m. on the 12th. At the time of the crash, A's blood alcohol concentration was confirmed to be at a license-revocation level.
A, a Mongolian national and an administrative staff member of the embassy, falls under the category of those with immunity who are exempt from the host country's criminal procedures.
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, diplomats are immune from civil and criminal jurisdiction in the country where they are posted and are not subject to arrest or detention.