Two ALTs Suspended for Drunk Bicycling

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".

By AI of ""Isesaki FM"".

On June 23, the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education announced that a 28-year-old male assistant language teacher (ALT) working at a prefectural high school in the Nakamo region was given a seven-day suspension as disciplinary action for driving a bicycle while drunk. In May, the man was stopped by police on his way to a convenience store after drinking beer and highballs at a restaurant in Isesaki City with a friend, and a breath test revealed that he had alcohol above the legal limit.

The Isesaki City Board of Education also suspended a 27-year-old American ALT who was accompanying him for the same drunk driving offense. Both men expressed remorse, saying they ""knew it was illegal."""