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 The doctor, identified only by her surname Kim, is accused by
prosecutors of failing to disclose the substances contained in the
injection, as well as violating the medical code and causing 2008
Olympic champion Park bodily harm.
A double world champion and the first Korean to win an Olympic
swimming medal, Park tested positive for testosterone ahead of the
Asian Games last September.
He said he had been assured by the hospital that the injections
contained only vitamins.
However, Kim's lawyer, Moon Jeong-il, said the doctor had
specifically asked Park in 2013 to confirm whether the substances
were on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.
"Kim has no professional knowledge in sports and had never treated
an athlete before," Yonhap News quoted Moon as telling the judge at
Seoul Central District Court.
"That's why she explicitly asked Park to be the one making the call
in October 2013."
Park was scheduled to appear as a witness on June 4, Yonhap said.
The case has stunned the sporting community in South Korea, which
took enormous pride from Park's 400 metres freestyle gold medal at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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At a news conference in March, a tearful Park apologized for the
failed test and said he should have taken more care to find out what
the injection contained.
The 25-year-old received an 18-month ban from the sport by
swimming's governing body FINA, leaving his chances of competing at
the 2016 Rio Olympics hanging by a thread.
(Writing by Peter Rutherford; Editing by John O'Brien)
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