Gangbuk-gu Issues Final Notice for Forced Removal of Illegal Tents by Urban Management Corporation Union

Gangbuk-gu Attempts to Deliver Warning Notice to Industrial Complex Union for Long-Term Unauthorized Occupation of Road in Front of Government Office on the 23rd

Industrial Complex Union Refuses to Accept Notice; District Warns of Follow-Up Measures According to Relevant Laws if Voluntary Removal Is Not Carried Out

Nearby Merchants of Illegal Protest Complain, “Noise from Demonstrations Often Drives Customers Away, Severely Disrupting Business”

Gangbuk-gu officials are posting a warning notice on an illegal tent.

Gangbuk-gu (District Mayor Lee Soon-hee) initiated an administrative enforcement warning on the 23rd to dismantle the large illegal tent erected by the Gangbuk-gu Urban Management Corporation union, which had been occupying the road in front of the district office without permission since late December last year.

The Gangbuk-gu Urban Management Corporation union had been conducting an illegal sit-in protest since November 29 of last year by occupying the first-floor civil service office and the corridor in front of the district mayor’s office on the third floor of the Gangbuk-gu government building without authorization, but was forcibly removed by the police on December 27, about a month later.

After the eviction, the union illegally installed a large tent for assembly purposes around Dobong-ro 89-gil in front of Gangbuk-gu Office and has continued the protest to this day.

Gangbuk-gu decided to proceed with administrative enforcement procedures against the illegal tent, citing that the union’s assembly had lasted about three months, making it difficult to consider it a temporary or short-term gathering, and that under Article 61 of the Road Act, the tent was an illegally installed structure without road occupancy permission.

At around 2 p.m. on the 23rd, district office staff visited the illegal tent to deliver the warning notice, but the union refused to accept it. Accordingly, the district attached the notice to the tent in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

The warning notice demanded the voluntary removal of the structure that had been occupying the area in front of the district office without Gangbuk-gu’s approval since December 29, 2022, by March 6. If voluntary removal is not carried out within the specified period, administrative enforcement will be executed under the Administrative Enforcement Act, and the costs will be charged to the responsible party.

Meanwhile, merchants around the district office have expressed discomfort, saying that the long-term illegal protest has caused severe business damage. Ms. A (female, in her 40s), who operates a store near the district office, said, “Customers find it difficult to visit the store because of the illegal banners hung by the union,” and added, “Due to the noise from the protests, customers often move to other stores because it’s too noisy.”

A district official stated, “The illegal tent installed in front of the government office damages the city’s aesthetics and disrupts public order,” and added, “The union vehicles illegally parked for a long time also cause inconvenience to visitors to the district office,” explaining the reason for issuing the warning.

Gangbuk-gu announced that if the union does not comply with the warning order, it plans to take follow-up measures according to the Administrative Enforcement Act.

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