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Online broadcasters Juicy Seyeon and K booked over alleged use of psychotropic sleeping pills

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Seoul’s Gangnam Police Station booked three people, including internet broadcasters Juicy Seyeon and K, without detention on July 30 over alleged violations of the Narcotics Control Act.
  • Police allege that the two broadcasters took sleeping pills classified as psychotropic drugs.
  • K also allegedly obtained medication through a friend who received a substitute prescription, and police said they were investigating the prescription arrangements.

Internet broadcasters Juicy Seyeon and K are being investigated over allegations that they took sleeping medication classified as psychotropic drugs.

Seoul’s Gangnam Police Station said it booked the two broadcasters and one other person without detention on July 30 for allegedly violating the Narcotics Control Act. The investigation concerns the broadcasters’ use of the medication.

I took oppa’s medication. I was questioned by police while seeking treatment at an emergency room afterward.

— Juicy SeyeonShe described the circumstances in which she said she came to police attention.

K previously acknowledged during a personal broadcast that police had questioned him. Juicy Seyeon, who is in a relationship with K, later said on her own broadcast that she had taken his medication and went to an emergency room afterward, where she came to the attention of police.

Police also suspect that K received psychotropic medication through an acquaintance who obtained it under a substitute prescription. A police official said investigators were examining the relevant prescription records as part of the case.

There are also records of substitute prescriptions, so we are conducting the necessary investigation.

— Police officialThe official explained why investigators were examining how the medication had been obtained.
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