CEO Kwon Jin-young, 'Conflict with Lee Seung-gi,' Sent to Prosecution on Drug Charges

Errand for Zolpidem Prescription for Employee

Kwon Jin-young, CEO of Hook Entertainment, has been handed over to the prosecution on drug charges.

According to the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency on the 23rd, the police recently applied charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act to Kwon and three other Hook Entertainment officials and sent them to the prosecution.

Additionally, four medical staff members from a hospital in Seoul who prescribed drugs on Kwon's behalf were sent to the prosecution on charges of violating the Medical Service Act.

Kwon Jin-young, CEO of Hook Entertainment. Photo by Hook Entertainment

Kwon is suspected of illegally receiving and taking zolpidem, a psychotropic drug.

In January last year, Kwon allegedly instructed Hook Entertainment employee A to falsely claim symptoms despite having no sleep disorder and obtain 14 sleeping pills from a hospital, thereby illegally receiving sleeping pills by proxy. He is also suspected of receiving two sleeping pills from employee B, who regularly took them, during the same period.

The police revealed that Kwon failed to properly submit the necessary documents during the process of proxy prescription of sleeping pills, and sent the four responsible medical staff to the prosecution on charges of violating the Medical Service Act.

Kwon reportedly admitted to the related charges during the police investigation.

Allegations of Kwon’s illegal use of sleeping pills first surfaced in December last year. At that time, Hook Entertainment stated, "CEO Kwon Jin-young has never had sleeping pills illegally prescribed through a third party," and added, "We will take legal action against false reports."

Meanwhile, Hook Entertainment is also under suspicion of not properly paying Lee Seung-gi’s remuneration through accounting manipulation.

Lee’s side released a statement last year saying, "Hook has concealed the occurrence of music revenue sales for about 18 years and failed to settle them," and "We have filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of embezzlement and fraud."

It is known that this revenue was taken by Kwon and his associates within the company.

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