Police Conduct Second Summons Investigation of Medistaff CEO over 'Resident Doctor Blacklist'

Charges of Violating the Information and Communications Network Act and Defamation

The police investigating the ‘Resident Blacklist’ case have conducted a second summons interrogation of the representative of the doctors and medical students internet community ‘Medistaff’.

Mr. Ki-mo, the representative of MedisStaff, an online community for doctors and medical students, is answering reporters' questions before heading to the Cyber Investigation Division at the Jahamun-ro Annex of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu, Seoul, for an investigation.
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On the 1st, the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they summoned and were investigating Mr. Ki, the representative of Medistaff, in the afternoon.

The police are investigating the ‘Resident Blacklist’ posts that mocked the residents remaining in hospitals after the collective resignation of residents opposing the increase in medical school quotas in March by calling them ‘True Doctors’ and disclosed their personal information, causing controversy.

In relation to this, a civic group filed a complaint against Mr. Ki in the same month for violating the Information and Communications Network Act and defamation, alleging that he abetted the exposure of personal information.

Mr. Ki underwent his first investigation on March 25 due to this matter. Additionally, he is known to be connected to the investigation into allegations of evidence concealment by Medistaff executives and employees.

The police have registered and are investigating Medistaff personnel on suspicion of attempting to hide materials related to the ‘Resident Action Guidelines’ post, which urged residents to delete hospital data before resignation, after the investigation into this began.

So far, 23 people who posted content with criminal charges such as defamation on Medistaff have been registered, and 16 of them have been questioned by the police.