Close Surveillance of Illegal Street Vendors 'Samchongsa' (Special Investigation 1, Enforcement Support 2)

[Seoul District News] Dongdaemun-gu to Implement Special Investigation Zone Responsibility System for Street Vendor Regulation from November, Providing Systematic Support & Assigning 1 Special Investigator and 2 Enforcement Officers per Team, Designating Responsible Zones in Preparation for Large-Scale Regulation in the Second Half of Next Year

Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, presiding over the Special Judicial Police Conference

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] “The first step toward the 2050 future city Dongdaemun-gu lies in the maintenance of street vendors. Unfortunately, the section between Jegi-dong Station and Cheongnyangni Station is known as the area with the highest frequency of pedestrian traffic accidents involving elderly people, and the survival rights of street vendors cannot be superior to the life rights of elderly pedestrians.”

Lee Pil-hyung, the mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, has newly declared his determination to regulate illegal street vendors.

Dongdaemun-gu, which deployed a large-scale special judicial police force of seven officers for the first time in the autonomous district last September, proclaiming a full-scale maintenance of street vendors, will implement the 'Special Judicial Police Zone Responsibility System' for street vendors starting this November in preparation for large-scale maintenance in the second half of next year.

The Special Judicial Police Zone Responsibility System assigns one dedicated special judicial police officer and two enforcement support personnel to each individual street, designating responsibility zones. This system is promoted to clearly define management responsibilities for street vendors within the zones and to support more systematic maintenance.

The three-person team will form one unit as zone managers to preemptively block the emergence of new illegal street vendors and intensively monitor whether even permitted vendors operate according to the conditions of their permits.

In addition, the district plans to conduct a detailed survey of existing street vendors through the Special Judicial Police Zone Responsibility System and thoroughly inspect all related areas concerning street vendors to prepare for the large-scale maintenance scheduled for the second half of next year.

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