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Park Si-yeon investigated for illegal drug use
By Claire Lee
Popular actress Park Si-yeon is being investigated for the illegal use of the drug propofol, a type of anesthetic, after three other actresses were investigated on the same charge last month. The drug is classified as a psychotropic medicine in Korea.
According to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Park has been using the drug for non-medical purposes at a number of dermatology and plastic surgery clinics in Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul. Actresses Lee Seung-yeon, Jang Mi-in-ae, and Hyun Young were also on the list that the prosecution confiscated from seven clinics in the area in December.
The celebrities are said to have testified that they only used the drug as a part of their dermatology and beauty treatments received at the clinics.
Propofol is often used for short diagnostic tests and surgeries, causing the patient to fall asleep before and during the procedure. It also reduces anxiety and promotes relaxation, and may cause a person to experience hallucinations. An overdose of the drug is suspected as one of the causes of Michael Jackson’s death.
Park recently shot a joint Korean-American production film “The Last Knights” in Prague, the Czech Republic, along with Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman and British actor Clive Owen. The film is slated to open in the U.S. in the second half of this year.
(dyc@heraldcorp.com)