Police Conduct Search and Seizure of Current and Former KMA Executives on Charges of Violating Medical Service Act

The police have launched an investigation into officials of the Korea Medical Association (KMA) who were reported on June 1 for violations of the Medical Service Act and other charges.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Public Crime Investigation Unit has been executing search warrants on current and former KMA executives since the morning of the same day.

On the 21st, amid growing concerns over a medical crisis due to the collective departure of residents, Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, is making remarks related to the medical community's collective action at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The joint briefing was attended by Park Sung-jae, Minister of Justice, Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, and Shin Ja-yong, Deputy Prosecutor General. Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

The police have dispatched investigators to the Emergency Response Committee office within the KMA building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, as well as to the Seoul Medical Association office and the Gangwon Medical Association office, to secure related materials such as mobile phones and PCs of current and former KMA executives.

Earlier, on May 27, the Ministry of Health and Welfare filed a complaint with the National Police Agency against five individuals, including Kim Taek-woo, Chairman of the KMA Emergency Response Committee; Joo Soo-ho, Public Relations Chairman of the Emergency Response Committee; Park Myung-ha, Chairman of the Emergency Response Committee's Organizational Strengthening Committee; Lim Hyun-taek, President of the Korean Pediatric Society; and Noh Hwan-gyu, former KMA President, on charges of violating the Medical Service Act, obstruction of business under the Criminal Act, and instigation and aiding.

The National Police Agency assigned the case to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Public Crime Investigation Unit on May 28, the day after the complaint was received.

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