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Warning: Anti-English Spectrum currently in Haebangchon
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Fat_Elvis



Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: In the ghetto
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:52 am    Post subject: Warning: Anti-English Spectrum currently in Haebangchon Reply with quote
I have it from a reliable source that Anti-English Spectrum are currently watching foreigners in Haebangchon, looking for signs of gambling.

They have already caused one guy to be deported and a bunch of others to get in trouble when they called the police on one guy and found a poker game in progress with 3 000 000 won on the table. The guy running the game was deported and the others were drug tested, and two of them tested positive. They then called all the the people whose numbers were in the drug-positive guys phones to come down to the local police station and also get tested.

Also, in case you didn't guess it, they also monitor this site.
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stuck



Joined: 26 Mar 2009
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
When did that happen? I heard of something happening last weekend, but I heard a different story.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gambling is a crime and also a sin, so I would report it too. I'm gonna be watching out for it
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rowdie3



Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Location: Itaewon, Seoul
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
OP - you have the story all wrong.
Funny how rumours spread...
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
djsmnc wrote:
Gambling is a crime and also a sin, so I would report it too. I'm gonna be watching out for it


For the crimes or the sins? And what business is sin of the Korean government? Last I checked, their Constitution specifically stated, "There shall be separation of church and state."
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catman



Joined: 18 Jul 2004
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you legally required to give a drug test if called upon by the police?
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Only if they have a warrant. Check Article 12.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
CentralCali wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
Gambling is a crime and also a sin, so I would report it too. I'm gonna be watching out for it


For the crimes or the sins? And what business is sin of the Korean government? Last I checked, their Constitution specifically stated, "There shall be separation of church and state."



Wow, did you actually check? Anyhow, sin is no business of the government, so we'll just stick with the fact that it's a crime. I don't know why people try to legislate morality anyway!
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Goku



Joined: 10 Dec 2008
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You do something illegal you deserve to be caught. Why do people have gripes about it? Plus why should we be warning them? This and the pee test thread have me thinking that people should keep their mouths shut. It looks like we're sharing ways to cheat and get out of tests. Makes foreigners look worse.

I admit it's not cool to have someone watching over you. But I don't think they have people staking out our houses with binoculars.Like someone said, they are looking for leads, then follow the leads to the bust. It also sounds like they hand it over to the authorities, so they are just tipping. It's not pure vigilante justice. Although, if it was a random dude just busting into my house with no warrant or authority, I would beat his face.

Traveling, your comment was somewhat warranted but really was self defeating because you used so much derogatory negative Korean stereotypes as an allegory that it actually mimics how Koreans feels about foreigners here. You pretty much fell under the same spell of stereoptyping as the Anti-English spectrum.
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Goon-Yang



Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If the cops call you and tell you to come down to the police station..you say no thanks.

If you're stupid enough to go there and submit yourself (that's what you're doing). The police here don't have to tell you your rights. When you show up you're volunteering yourself for a drug test.

K-cops need warrants too you know.

I have this from a goos source...a K-drug cop:)
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