34 People Including Customers and Employees at Seocho-dong Entertainment Venue Caught Violating Gathering Ban

Seocho-dong Unauthorized Entertainment Bar Crackdown Site

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] On the 18th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul announced that they had caught 34 people, including business owner Hwang and 17 female employees and 16 customers, violating the assembly ban order at an unlicensed entertainment bar reported as a general restaurant.

Hwang is accused of violating the Food Sanitation Act by operating an unlicensed entertainment bar after registering the establishment located in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, as a general restaurant from April 5, 2018, to the present, installing 10 rooms and hiring female hostesses. The 17 employees who worked at the establishment were also booked on the same charges.

At around 7:50 a.m. on the day, the police received a report that "an unlicensed entertainment bar is operating by renting a place like a bar" and dispatched officers to the scene along with district office staff.

After confirming that customers and employees were drinking alcohol inside the establishment, the police raided the place. Some fled to the rooftop of the building but were soon caught by the police.

The police stated that they notified the relevant district office of the business owner and customers caught for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

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