It was belatedly revealed that police searched the agency of singer Psy and other locations on suspicion that singer Psy had someone else pick up sleeping pills on his behalf.
On the 11th, KBS reported that the Seoul Seodaemun Police Station searched Psy's agency and vehicle on the 4th on suspicion of violating the Medical Service Act.
According to the report, the police seized Psy's mobile phone for digital forensics and were securing materials related to non-face-to-face and proxy prescriptions, and it was reported that they were reviewing summoning Psy for questioning based on the investigation materials.
In this regard, Psy's agency P Nation told OSEN that day, "It is true that a search was carried out on the 4th."
The agency said, "We actively cooperated with the request from investigative authorities and will take necessary measures according to legal procedures in the future."
Earlier in August it was reported that police had booked Psy and Professor A of a university hospital who prescribed the drugs on suspicion of violating the Medical Service Act and were currently investigating.
The police detected signs that from 2022 until recently Psy received prescriptions for the controlled drugs Xanax and Stillnox at a Seoul tertiary hospital without face-to-face treatment, and that the medicines were picked up by a manager rather than by Psy himself.
Accordingly, the police launched coercive investigations, recently searching the hospital to obtain Psy's medical records.
Controlled drugs should in principle be received directly by the patient, and proxy pickup is prohibited except in exceptional cases. Violation of this can be punished by up to one year in prison or a fine of up to 10 million won.
In this regard, Psy's side bowed its head and said, "It is clearly a mistake and negligence that a specialist drug, a sleeping pill, was picked up by proxy. We apologize." However, they clarified that it was "proxy pickup," not "proxy prescription."
The agency said, "Singer Psy has been diagnosed with chronic sleep disorder and has been taking sleeping pills according to medical staff prescriptions. The sleeping pills have been taken at prescribed doses under medical supervision, and there were no proxy prescriptions."
They added, "In that process there were cases where a third party picked up the sleeping pills on behalf of the patient, and an investigation is currently underway by the police. We apologize once again for causing concern."
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