Overview

• Seoul Seodaemun Police booked PSY and a university hospital physician on suspicion of violating the Medical Service Act.
• Investigators say prescriptions for Xanax and Stilnox were issued from 2022 until recently without face-to-face consultations.
• Police conducted a search and seizure at the hospital to obtain medical records and are reviewing evidence for potential further questioning.
• P Nation apologized for cases where a third party collected PSY’s sleeping pills, citing a chronic sleep disorder, while denying proxy prescribing.
• The prescribing doctor has denied wrongdoing, asserting consultations were done remotely despite a 2021 ban on remote prescribing for such drugs.