The anti-drug department of the South Gyeonggi District Police Department of South Korea said on March 11 that it is investigating the suspected illegal injection of propofol by Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong . South Korea's Gyeonggi South Korean Local Police Department said it is investigating allegations that Lee Jae-yong was suspected of illegal injection of propofol at a plastic surgery hospital in Seoul last year, but the police refused to disclose more details. Police went to Seoul detention center last month to collect Lee Jae-yong's hair, who was serving his sentence there, for drug testing. Samsung Electronics said that Lee Jae-yong did not have any illegal injections during the operation. So far, police investigation has found no evidence of illegal injections.
△On January 18, 2021, Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong went to the Seoul High Court to attend a sentencing hearing on suspected high bribery cases.
In January 2020, the South Korean National Rights Committee received a report from Lee Jae-yong that he was injecting propofol in another plastic surgery hospital in Seoul, and handed over the evidence to the Supreme Procuratorate. Lee Jae-yong denied the relevant allegations at the time and applied for a meeting of the "Procuratorate Investigation and Review Committee". Whether the meeting will be held will be decided later on the 11th. The Investigation and Review Committee of the Procuratorate reviews the process of prosecutors investigating major cases, evaluates whether the investigation results are legal, and proposes to the procuratorate to continue investigating, prosecute, or stop investigating, or not prosecute.
propofol, also known as propofol, is a super short-acting intravenous anesthetic widely used clinically and is often used for outpatient surgery, painless gastroenteroscopy, etc. According to the drug euphoria (MBG) score designed by the American Center for Addiction Research, the MBG score of morphine and heroin is 9.8, the MBG score of marijuana is 4.7, and the MBG score of propofol can be as high as 10.5, which also indicates that propofol has the potential for substance abuse and dependence. (Reporter Zhang Yun of the General Station)
(Editor Chen Yufan)
