Police have referred hospital director Yang Jae-woong, 43, and others to prosecutors in connection with a patient who was found dead with hands and feet bound at the hospital where the patient had been admitted, according to reports on the 26th.
On the same day, the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency's violent crime task force said it recently sent a total of 12 people, including Yang, a board-certified psychiatrist and broadcaster, and medical staff, to prosecutors on charges including involuntary manslaughter due to occupational negligence.
Earlier, a woman in her 30s, identified as A, who had been admitted to Yang's hospital for treatment of addiction to diet pills, died on May 27 last year. Yang and others are accused of failing to prevent the incident. B, who was A's attending physician, was detained and indicted on the 20th.
A's bereaved family said there was improper isolation and restraint during the hospitalization and that A died after not receiving appropriate medical measures in the process. The family filed a complaint against Yang and other hospital officials.
The National Human Rights Commission also asked the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office in March to investigate five people, including hospital director Yang, saying it confirmed orders to falsify and abet falsification of medical records.