Daegu District Court's Criminal Case Division 5 (Chief Judge Kim Seong-yeol) dismissed the prosecution's appeal today (13th) against singer Whee-sung (real name Choi Hwi-seong), who was charged with habitual administration of propofol, a sleep anesthetic (violation of the Narcotics Control Act). I did.
Wheesung was sentenced to 1 year in prison, 2 years of probation, 40 hours of community service, and 40 hours of drug treatment lectures in the first trial received at the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court.
After the first trial sentencing, only the prosecution appealed, saying the sentence was light.
In 2019, Wheesung bought 3,910 ml of propofol for 60.5 million won 12 times by the end of November of the same year, such as buying about 670 ml of propofol at 10 million won to Mr. A, who contacted him after seeing an internet advertisement in front of a hotel in Songpa-gu, Seoul He was brought to trial on a charge of bribery.
He was found to have administered the purchased propofol about 10 times at hotels and other places.
The court said, "The defendant committed a crime again even though he had been punished for the same crime, the amount of medication he took, the fact that he acknowledged and reflected on his mistake, and that he was trying to lower his dependence on drugs. It doesn't appear to be," he said.
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