Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, Explains "Compensation Payment to Illegal Street Vendors Followed Supreme Court Precedent"

Baek Doo-hyun, Goseong County Governor, is holding a press conference on the 13th regarding the 'compensation for illegal street vendors.'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Goseong County in Gyeongnam explained itself after controversy arose over paying demolition compensation to a merchant who had operated an illegal street stall in Goseong Market for over 20 years.

On the 13th, Baek Doohyun, the governor of Goseong County, held a press conference at the county office and explained, "There is a Supreme Court precedent that even if it is illegal, compensation must be provided for facility costs and business rights in order to carry out public interest projects, so we handled it this way."

Governor Baek said, "We also considered disciplining the county officials who proceeded with the compensation payment process, but the same approach had been taken before and there was no legal defect. I apologize to the residents for not managing it more carefully."

Earlier, Goseong County paid about 27 million won in compensation to a merchant who operated an illegal street stall at the entrance of the underground parking lot project in the market. This merchant had contracted land just a few meters away from the illegal street stall and installed one container on the 9th, selling fruits.

However, upon inspection by the county, this container was found to be an unauthorized building without going through the permit procedures.

Governor Baek stated, "We will carry out administrative enforcement as soon as possible to demolish the container."

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