Gangnam 10-Story Building Housing Motel and Room Salon 'Sex Trade Department Store'... Police Arrest
Secret and Escape Rooms... First Time Dispatching Surveillance Personnel
to Crack Down on New Types of Sex Trade Establishments
[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] A business owner operating an entire 10-story building as an illegal entertainment bar in the heart of Gangnam was caught by the police.
The Suseo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 4th that they have booked a total of 58 people, including business owner Mr. A, 15 employees, and 42 customers, on charges of operating a building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, converted to allow employees to drink with customers and engage in acts resembling sexual activities or sexual acts in lodging facilities (violation of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic, etc.).
According to the police, Mr. A, in his 40s, remodeled the entire 10-story building of over 500 pyeong in early April last year into an entertainment facility and operated it by attracting customers through the internet until recently.
The establishment was arranged with the entire 10-story building consisting of a cafe and mirror room (basement 1st floor), motel (2nd to 5th floors), and room salon (6th to 10th floors), recruiting customers via the internet.
They are suspected of facilitating prostitution by having entertainment staff drink alcohol, sing, and dance to entertain customers, provide acts resembling sexual activities, or engage in prostitution in the motel, while violating business hours restrictions.
It was confirmed that they had personnel monitoring police dispatch from a distance to evade crackdowns.
When the police raided the entertainment bar, 14 employees were found hiding in a secret escape space behind the beds in rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the motel.
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The police are also investigating whether those involved in the entertainment bar violated the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic.
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