Doctor convicted for illegally giving propofol to actor Yoo Ah-in

Actor Yoo Ah-in arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on March 5, to attend the inaugural hearing on allegations of drug use. [YONHAP]

A doctor indicted for illegally administering propofol, a powerful anesthetic commonly used for surgeries, to disgraced actor Yoo Ah-in and using the substance himself was convicted by a court and given a suspended prison sentence on Thursday.

The Seoul Central District Court sentenced the doctor, identified only by his family name Shin, to a prison sentence of one year and two months, suspended for two years, and ordered him to forfeit 270,000 won ($200) and take 40 hours of drug treatment classes.

Shin is accused of administering propofol to Yoo 17 times between November 2020 and December 2022 without reporting it to the health authorities and self-administering the substance on two occasions.

Yoo is now standing trial on charges of getting injections of propofol and other medical drugs on 181 occasions at clinics across Seoul under the pretext of having cosmetic procedures.

Yonhap