Illegal Operation of Room Salons in a Motel Converted in Gangnam... Police Arrest 42 Customers and Employees

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A total of 41 employees and customers of an unlicensed entertainment bar, which was illegally operated after converting a motel into a room salon, were caught in a crackdown.

According to the police on the 15th, the Suseo Police Station in Seoul apprehended a total of 42 people, including the owner, 8 employees, and 33 customers, at a room salon located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of a motel in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, at around 10:40 PM the previous day, on charges of violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

The police also applied charges against the owner for operating an unlicensed entertainment bar. When police officers dispatched in response to a 112 emergency call conducted the crackdown, one business manager who attempted to destroy evidence was arrested on the spot. The police plan to notify the local district office about the 33 customers and 8 employees for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

The bar recruited customers through advertisements on social networking services (SNS) and other platforms. It was found that the motel building's basement level 1 to ground level 1 was licensed as an entertainment bar and operated as such, but after filing for closure of the licensed business, other floors were remodeled into a room salon to receive customers.

On the 2nd floor, a so-called "glass room," a facility where male customers could select female employees seated inside, was also operated. There were 31 rooms with beds on the 5th to 7th floors, and the police suspect that prostitution took place there, noting that customers had to pass through the bar to reach these rooms, and are expanding their investigation.

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