Three People Including Doctor from Gwangju Spine Hospital Appear for Warrant in 'Proxy Surgery' Case

"Do you admit the charges?" Silence in response to reporters' questions

Three people, including a spine specialist doctor from a hospital in the Gwangju area accused of performing surrogate surgery, are coming out after completing the pre-arrest suspect interrogation held at the Gwangju District Court on the morning of the 5th. Photo by Jin-Hyung Park bless4ya@

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Three individuals, including a spine specialist doctor from Gwangju suspected of performing surrogate surgeries, underwent a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing).

They appeared at the Gwangju District Court for the warrant hearing on the morning of the 5th.

The three, consisting of two doctors and one nursing assistant, are accused of ordering and carrying out surrogate surgeries since 2018.

They arrived at the warrant hearing room around 10:40 a.m. and reappeared about 50 minutes later.

Four belt barriers were installed in an 'L' shape, and they exited following the passage guidance line in front of the hearing room door.

When reporters asked questions such as "Do you admit to the charges?" and "Did you perform surrogate surgeries?" they did not respond and each boarded one of two escort vehicles parked nearby.

The police have booked a total of six suspects in connection with this case, and applied for pre-arrest warrants for the three key suspects, which the prosecution submitted to the court.

The pre-arrest suspect interrogation was originally scheduled for the previous day, but was postponed by one day after the suspects' lawyers requested a delay from the court.

The police have secured videos and other evidence through a whistleblower showing hospital auxiliary staff participating in medical acts such as skin incision and suturing before and after spine surgeries.

However, the hospital side is known to have denied the charges, claiming that the videos showing surrogate surgeries are false, while some suspects are reported to have admitted to the charges.

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