Psy is being investigated by Seoul police over allegations that he illegally obtained prescribed drugs with out the required in-person physician visits.

Rapper Psy is beneath legal investigation in South Korea over claims he illegally obtained prescription medicines with out required in-person physician visits, authorities confirmed Thursday.

The “Gangnam Type” hitmaker, whose actual identify is Park Jae-sang, and a college hospital doctor have each been booked by Seoul’s Seodaemun Police Station for allegedly breaching the nation’s Medical Service Act.

Officers say Psy obtained prescriptions for Xanax and Stilnox—medicines used to deal with anxiousness and insomnia—between 2022 and this yr with out present process face-to-face medical evaluations.

As an alternative, police allege, Psy’s employees members picked up the prescriptions on his behalf. Beneath South Korean legislation, such medicine require direct doctor-patient consultations and can’t be collected by third events because of their classification as psychotropic substances.

Investigators launched the probe after receiving a tip and later raided the hospital to acquire medical information. The prescribing physician has denied wrongdoing, insisting distant consultations have been performed according to laws.

Psy’s label, P Nation, issued a public apology Thursday, acknowledging the lapse and attributing it to lingering habits from the COVID-19 period.

“It was clearly a mistake and lapse in judgment to have a prescription sleeping capsule collected on his behalf. We sincerely apologise. PSY has been identified with persistent sleep problem,” the company stated in a press release.

“There have been by no means any proxy prescriptions … (however) a 3rd occasion did obtain the medicine on his behalf in some instances,” the corporate added.

The Medical Service Act, designed to guard public well being and guarantee moral medical practices, carries extreme penalties for violations.

Offenders can withstand three years in jail and fines of roughly $22,500.

In additional extreme instances, corresponding to these involving abuse of managed substances or affected person hurt, sentences have reached as excessive as 16 years.

The police say they’re reviewing the seized paperwork and will summon Psy for questioning. The investigation stays ongoing.

Psy, 48, rose to worldwide stardom in 2012 with the viral hit “Gangnam Type,” which lampooned Seoul’s prosperous Gangnam district and have become the most-watched YouTube video on the time.

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