Jeju Island, 'Emergency Disbandment Order' at Poker Game Tournament Venue

Difficult to Follow Quarantine Rules Such as Maintaining Over 1m Distance at Crowded Events in Enclosed Spaces
Governor Won Hee-ryong: Blocking Chain Transmission in the Community and Proactive Quarantine Management

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Chang-won] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province received a tip on the 3rd that a poker game tournament was being held at a general restaurant in Jeju City and issued an emergency dispersal order at the scene.

According to Jeju Province on the 4th, at around 5:40 PM the previous day, they received a tip from a civil complainant that a card game was being played at a restaurant and immediately dispatched relevant officials to the site.

At around 6 PM, officials from the province arrived at the scene and met with the restaurant owner and the poker game organizers to explain the Jeju-style special quarantine measures for the Chuseok holiday and conducted about an hour of persuasion.

At that time, about 47 people, including serving staff, were gathered at the poker game site.

Jeju Province explained that due to the nature of the card game competition, it was difficult to comply with quarantine rules such as maintaining a distance of more than 1 meter in a confined space, and expressed concerns about chain transmission among people gathered from various regions amid ongoing local cluster infections nationwide. Around 7 PM, they reached a final agreement with the organizers to cancel the event.

Previously, on May 29, Jeju Province issued a gathering ban on the 1st Texas Hold'em Tournament hosted by The King Co., Ltd., and on September 11, on the 1st LVP Tournament in Seogwipo.

Governor Won Hee-ryong explained the background when implementing the card game gathering ban, saying, “Since January, whenever cluster infections have occurred including in the metropolitan area, Jeju has also been affected,” and “In a situation where COVID-19 has not stabilized, the gathering ban was issued to preemptively block the possibility of local chain transmission and due to the necessity of proactive quarantine management.”

Jeju Province plans to continue to strictly respond by claiming civil damages for quarantine costs separately from administrative sanctions under the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and related laws if damage or loss is caused to COVID-19 quarantine activities due to card games such as poker.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.