US EditionSouth Korea’s ‘Gangnam Style’ star Psy faces police probe over drug allegations
PSY's agency admitted proxy collection of psychotropic drugs was a judgment lapse; police booked him under South Korea's Medical Service Act after receiving medications without in-person exams since 2022.
- On August 27, DongA Ilbo reported that Seodaemun Police Station booked PSY for allegedly violating South Korea's Medical Service Act.
- Police allege that since 2022, PSY sent others, including his manager, to collect psychotropic drugs without face-to-face medical consultations, which Korean law requires to prevent addiction risks.
- Police raided the university hospital in Seoul recently after a tip-off, seizing records to verify prescriptions of Xanax and Stilnox, while the prescribing doctor denies wrongdoing, claiming remote treatment.
- On August 28, 2025, P NATION apologized and admitted a third party collected sleeping pills for PSY; Seodaemun Police Station will review records and may summon him, with legal penalties reaching 10 million won or one year imprisonment.
- The legal question centers on whether authorities will treat the pickups as violations of strict psychotropic prescription rules, as the prescribing doctor denies wrongdoing and cites remote treatment despite the telemedicine exception ending November 2021.
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DailyTruthReport‘Gangnam Style’ K-pop star PSY accused of illegally obtaining prescription drugs
Psy, legally named Park Jae-sang, allegedly had other people, including his manager, pick up prescriptions for Xanax and Stilnox from a university hospital on his behalf for the past three years.
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