Court Refers Ha Jung-woo to Formal Trial on 'Propofol Administration' Charges

Actor Ha Jung-woo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Actor Ha Jung-woo, who is accused of illegally administering the sleep anesthetic propofol, will face a formal trial.

According to the legal community on the 23rd, Judge Shin Se-a of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 27, who had previously summarily indicted Ha with a fine of 10 million won, referred the case to a formal trial yesterday.

A summary indictment is a procedure in which the prosecution requests the court for a summary order such as a fine, penalty, or confiscation for relatively minor offenses.

The court may, on its own authority, refer a case to a formal trial if it deems the matter serious or considers it inappropriate to conclude the case with a summary order.

Accordingly, Ha will be tried under the supervision of Judge Park Seol-ah of the Criminal Division 24, the drug-specialized court of the same court.

Earlier, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Violent Crime Division (Chief Prosecutor Won Ji-ae) summarily indicted Ha at the end of last month with a fine of 10 million won on charges of illegally administering propofol, classified as a psychotropic drug.

The prosecution judged that Ha illegally administered propofol more than 10 times at a plastic surgery clinic from January to September 2019, using the names of his younger brother and manager.

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