Lee Kyung-gyu, 13 years of panic disorder...Police Prescription Drugs Can Be Punished for Drug Driving
Jun 09, 2025
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On the 9th, it was revealed that Lee Kyung-kyu was investigated by the police on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act.
According to the police, Lee Kyung-kyu moved to the company on the 8th from a building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, driving a different person's car with the same type as his vehicle. The owner of the vehicle suspected it was a theft, but a police investigation found that the vehicle was changed due to a parking manager's mistake.
However, the police conducted a drinking and drug test on Lee Kyung-kyu. The drinking test was negative, but Lee Kyung-kyu was questioned by the police as a simple reagent test detected a positive reaction to the drug.
An official from the National Police Agency said at a regular meeting on the 9th that there is a regulation related to drug driving under the Road Traffic Act that even a drug prescribed normally should not be driven in situations where there is a risk of being unable to drive due to the effect.
However, Lee Kyung-gyu's side is in a position that it is unfair. The ingredients of the panic disorder drug that has been taken for 10 years have been detected, and the evidence has already been submitted to the police and the explanation has been almost completed.
The police plan to request the original data from the pharmacy that prepared the drug and confirm Lee Kyung-kyu's claim based on CCTV footage and statements made by those involved.
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It is known long ago that Lee Kyung-kyu is battling panic disorder.
In 2012, Lee Kyung-kyu confessed that he suffers from panic disorder on KBS2 'Happy Sunday - Men's Qualifications', causing regret.
At the time, Lee Kyung-gyu was diagnosed with panic disorder and took medicine for about four months. I've experienced a lot of psychological conditions that I feel like I'm dying. Since I couldn't talk to people around me, I pinched myself to see if I was alive. Depending on the situation, you can't even take the elevator. If you talk about it, it affects the program, so as I put up with it, it became unbearable."
In addition, he has been taking medicine for panic disorder for about two years on tvN 'Hwasongin Virus' in 2013. If you don't take (the medicine) even for a day, you'll get panic disorder."
In the 2021 Kakao TV original 'Jjin Kyung-gyu', a panic disorder camp was held with those who had suffered from panic disorder such as Ryu Seung-soo, Solbi, and Yoo Jae-hwan, showing themselves carrying medicine bags.
His colleagues also testified. Eun Ji-won, who appeared on the YouTube channel 'Luke Lee Kyung-gyu' last year, revealed an anecdote that Lee Kyung-gyu was lying down with a panic disorder during a trip to Japan.
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