Ex-president’s grandson indicted without detention over drug use

Chun Woo-won, a grandson of former President Chun Doohwan, has been indicted on drug charges, prosecutors said Thursday.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted Chun without physical detention Thursday over allegations that he had taken four types of drugs from November through March during his stay in the United States.

In March, Chun mentioned psychotropic drugs, like ecstasy and dimethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug, and swallowed them while livestreaming on YouTube.

Police apprehended him upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport and questioned him two times before referring him to prosecutors on April 28.