K-POP singer Park Jae-Sang (Seoul, 47 years old), better known as Psyhe is being investigated in South Korea accused of receiving recipes from psychotropic medicines without having visited the hospital before, and making them collect third, as they have published The Korea Herald. “The agents are investigating the singer and a doctor from the University Hospital after accusing them of violating the Medical Services Law,” says the Korean media after speaking with the Seodaemun police police station in Seoul.
Psy, known worldwide for the great success of your 2012 theme Gangnam Styleallegedly received Xanax and Stylnox recipes (medicines to treat sleep disorders, anxiety and depression) from 2022 and until recently, without going to face -to -face consultations with a doctor. Supposedly, the recipes were collected by their representative and other third parties on behalf of PSY. “According to the South Korean Medical Services Law, recipes must be issued only after a direct consultation with the patient, and their collection is strictly prohibited by anyone other than the patient,” he explains The Korea Herald. In addition, both Xanax and Stilnox are classified as psychotopharmaceuticals with high risk of dependence and addiction, which further forces the face -to -face supervision.
The researchers said they initiated the investigation after receiving a warning and going to the University Hospital to obtain medical records. “The doctor denied any irregularity and said that the medications were prescribed after completing remote consultations,” the Korean medium collects. For his part, this Thursday, August 28, PSY has shared an official statement through his agency (P Nation) in which he admits “having acted partially badly” and states that “receiving the medications of a third party was a clear error.”
Even so, the agency defends that PSY has long been diagnosed with a chronic sleep disorder and has taken the medication as sleeping pills, all under strict medical supervision. “There were never recipes on request, but a third did receive the medications in his name in some cases,” he acknowledges. Police ensure that they will consider to declare PSY after finishing analyzing their medical records.
He Gangnam Style of Psy viralized as nothing had been viralized until then. It was the first video to reach 1,000 million views on YouTube and, in 2014, it became the first to reach 2,000 million views on the platform. Currently, it has more than 5.6 billion visits.
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In 2019, the singer was already summoned to the Seoul police for his relationship with Yang Hyun-Suk, the founder of the Great Entertainment Company YG Entertainment. This record, manager and producer has led K-Pop groups throughout Korea, their careers, discs, concerts and even its merchandising. In fact, YG Entertainment took Psy’s career for eight years and was behind the success of the Gangnam Style. However, in May 2019, a Korean television network brought to light an investigation for which said company had provided prostitution services to a series of foreign investors who went to a dinner in Seoul in July 2014. As explained then he explained then The Hollywood ReporterYang Hyun-Suk and Psy were good friends, and he went to that dinner.
Yang Hyun-Suk was also accused of coercing a worker to reversed his testimony before the police, in order to obstruct an investigation into a drug scandal related to an artist from YG. He was acquitted in his first trial in 2022, but a Court of Appeals revoked the sentence in November 2023 and declared him guilty of the position of coercion. In July of this year, the Supreme Court of South Korea has ratified the six -month prison sentence, suspended for one year.
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