Psy, Drug Proxy Pickup Allegation: Prosecution Service Referral..Agency Says "Verifying"

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Singer Psy (real name Park Jae-sang) is reported to have been referred to the Prosecution Service on suspicion of having a psychotropic drug prescribed and then picked up by his manager on his behalf.

On the 2nd, MBC reported that the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office, which received the case from police on the 1st, is investigating Psy, a professor at a Seoul university hospital, a manager, and three others for violations of the Medical Service Act.

According to the report, Psy is suspected of having received prescriptions for psychotropic drugs at a Seoul university hospital from 2022 through last year without undergoing in-person consultations, and having a third party, including his manager, pick up the medications on his behalf.

The drugs prescribed to Psy are psychotropic medications used to treat sleep disorders and depression, which have high potential for dependence and addiction, making in-person consultation and prescription the standard. Under current medical law, only a physician who has directly examined the patient may write a prescription, and prescriptions cannot be picked up by anyone other than the patient who was directly examined.

Regarding this matter, an official from Psy's agency, FENATION, told StarNews, "We are verifying," and stated that they are looking into the facts.

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