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Singer Psy referred to prosecution over alleged medical law violation

SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) -- Singer-rapper Psy has been referred to prosecutors on suspicions of receiving prescription psychotropic drugs through third parties without in-person hospital visits, police said Tuesday.

The singer, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, is accused of receiving prescriptions for the psychotropic drugs Xanax and Stilnox from a university hospital in Seoul, without seeing a doctor, from 2022 until 2025.

The drugs were then allegedly collected by his manager and other third parties.

The Seoul Seodaemun Police Station said it referred a total six people, including Psy, his manager and the doctor who prescribed the drugs, to the prosecution Friday on suspicions of violating the medical law.

The current law outlaws proxy prescriptions.

Xanax and Stilnox are psychotropic drugs used to treat sleep disorders, anxiety disorders and depression. Due to their high risk of dependence and addiction, face-to-face examinations and prescriptions are the rule.

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