Broadcaster Park Na-rae (left) and Ms. Lee, identified as ‘Injection Aunt’. Courtesy of MBC and her own Instagram account

Complaints asking authorities to investigate broadcaster Park Na-rae, ‘Injection Aunt’, managers, and others have continued.

It was confirmed on the 8th that a complaint had been submitted to Seoul Gangnam Police Station seeking punishment of Park Na-rae; Ms. Lee, identified as ‘Injection Aunt’; managers for Park Na-rae; and unidentified medical professionals and pharmacists for alleged violations of the Narcotics Control Act (psychotropics), the Medical Service Act, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, the Wastes Control Act, and the Act on Special Measures for the Control of Public Health Crimes.

Park Na-rae is currently embroiled in suspicions that she received illegal medical treatment from A, known as ‘Injection Aunt’. According to Dispatch on the 6th, Park received drugs including antidepressants from A and was given IV drips not at a medical institution but at the officetel of A or in her own vehicle.

In addition, she faces allegations that during overseas schedules, A accompanied her and was called to the airport to administer fluids.

As these allegations emerged, Lee posted photos of herself wearing a medical gown on her social networking service (SNS) and claimed she was the youngest professor at Pogang Medical University Hospital; however, after a doctors group calling for a fair society issued a statement saying ‘Pogang Medical University did not exist’, she deleted all her SNS posts.

Rivotril tablets, in the clonazepam class, are classified as psychotropic medicines and are regulated under the Narcotics Control Act. Drug Information Center website

It has been pointed out that the ○○○○ capsule (neuropsychiatric agent) and other pills contained in the ‘bedtime medicine’ that Park Na-rae received from Lee resemble Rivotril, a clonazepam-based drug. Rivotril is used to treat epilepsy and panic disorder and is strictly controlled as a psychotropic medicine. If received without a prescription, one can face up to five years in prison or a fine of up to 50 million KRW under the Narcotics Control Act.

According to the complaint, the accuser stated, “It is difficult to rule out the possibility that, in addition to Park Na-rae, Lee has provided similar IV drips or other medical services at residences of other celebrities or other non-medical locations,” and added, “Please conduct digital forensics on the phone, messenger apps, and SNS accounts of Lee, as well as her schedule and reservation records and bank transactions, and closely examine statements from agencies and managers to determine whether there are additional indications of unlicensed medical practice or illegal handling of medicines targeting other celebrities or people connected to them.”

Beyond this complaint, Ms. Lee, the ‘Injection Aunt’, was also additionally reported by a medical association official. On the 8th, Im Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Pediatric Association, said he had reported Lee on suspicion of violating the Medical Service Act, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, and fraud, adding, “I also asked that investigators examine whether her husband, the managers of Park Na-rae, and Park Na-rae should be treated as co-principals or accessories.”

Noh Jong-eon, an attorney at Law Firm Jonjae, said, “Such crimes were rampant even twenty years ago and, because they seriously harmed public health, they are strictly regulated,” adding, “This is a matter that gravely harms the public right to health and should be viewed with sternness.”