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wylies99
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 Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject: South Korean police make no arrests in prostitution raid |
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South Korean police make no arrests in prostitution crackdown raid
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, October 17, 2008
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58189
SEOUL � South Korean police raided clubs on Itaewon�s Hooker Hill on Tuesday night as part of a nationwide crackdown on prostitution, but they found "nothing suspicious" and made no arrests, a Yongsan police spokesman said Wednesday.
The spokesman said closed-circuit televisions installed by bar owners on street corners throughout Hooker Hill, an area famed for its prostitution, made it difficult to catch sex offenders.
"They can watch us, and all of our movements and steps in advance before we start patrolling the area," he said.
Hooker Hill is near U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan, and most of the clubs are off-limits to U.S. troops.
The South Korean media reported that two 46-year-old South Korean women were sentenced to eight months in prison on Tuesday, the first to be sentenced as part of the crackdown, which began in July and runs through the end of the month.
One of the women owned an illegal massage parlor in Dongdaemun, outside the U.S. military�s Camp Red Cloud. She was fined 100 million won, approximately $80,800, for unlawful profits she earned through running the business and acting as a prostitute. She earned about 20,000,000 won, or $16,000, each month and had five to six customers a day in the past nine months, according to South Korean media reports.
The other woman, an employee, was sentenced to 120 hours of social work.
Their sentences were suspended for three years.
Court officials were unavailable for comment Wednesday. |
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wylies99
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She earned about 20,000,000 won, or $16,000, each month and had five to six customers a day in the past nine months, according to South Korean media reports.
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TopalovVeselin
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| The other woman, an employee, was sentenced to 120 hours of social work. |
It wouldn't surprise me if she completes her "social work" in a massage parlor. |
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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One of the women owned an illegal massage parlor in Dongdaemun, outside the U.S. military�s Camp Red Cloud.
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Camp Red Cloud? I had always assumed that was somewhere far out of Seoul in the boonies somewhere... Uijunbu?
That doesn't make sense?
Dongdaemun and Ujunbu are miles apart. |
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IlIlNine
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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She earned about 20,000,000 won, or $16,000, each month and had five to six customers a day in the past nine months, according to South Korean media reports.
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Right.. and she was only fined 100,000,000. That means she still gets to keep 80,000,000 of her profits. Not too shabby! |
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cj1976
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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She earned about 20,000,000 won, or $16,000, each month and had five to six customers a day in the past nine months, according to South Korean media reports.
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Whoever said crime doesn't pay has obviously not talked to this lady. |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
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One of the women owned an illegal massage parlor in Dongdaemun, outside the U.S. military�s Camp Red Cloud.
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Camp Red Cloud? I had always assumed that was somewhere far out of Seoul in the boonies somewhere... Uijunbu?
That doesn't make sense?
Dongdaemun and Ujunbu are miles apart. |
Maybe they meant Dongducheon? That is near Uijangbu and sounds kind of like Dongdaemun.. well it has Dong in it anyway. |
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Whirlwind
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The police are just pathetic. "They can watch us, there is nothing that we can do"  . What a defeated bunch. No wonder nobody adheres to the laws of this country. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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So in Seoul a madam gets 8 months for running a brothel and her prostitute community service. In Ulsan a teacher gets 10 months for molesting elementary students and in Gwangju a teacher gets probation for sexually assaulting a disabled student.
Either sentencing really varies regionally or this country has no idea of what should and shouldn't constitute a serious crime. |
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crusher_of_heads
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
So in Seoul a madam gets 8 months for running a brothel and her prostitute community service. In Ulsan a teacher gets 10 months for molesting elementary students and in Gwangju a teacher gets probation for sexually assaulting a disabled student.
Either sentencing really varies regionally or this country has no idea of what should and shouldn't constitute a serious crime. |
As it is legal to drive and watch TV at the same time, I'd put my money on the latter, what with decision makers being on the borderline retarded end of things in South Korea. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: |
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The spokesman said closed-circuit televisions installed by bar owners on street corners throughout Hooker Hill, an area famed for its prostitution, made it difficult to catch sex offenders.
"They can watch us, and all of our movements and steps in advance before we start patrolling the area," he said.
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Time for Eliot Ness and the Untouchables to bust a couple of these joints using a big truck with a snow plow on the front.
Sorry, I guess that was before your time.  |
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Bibbitybop
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
So in Seoul a madam gets 8 months for running a brothel and her prostitute community service. In Ulsan a teacher gets 10 months for molesting elementary students and in Gwangju a teacher gets probation for sexually assaulting a disabled student.
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I came here to say the same thing. It's sad and a reason other countries look down on Korea.
LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION, TAX IT, MAKE IT SAFE AND A CHOICE FOR WOMEN. |
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legalquestions
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| why would a Korean cop bust a bar/brothel that he owns? |
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Cheonmunka
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe the cops got to dribble their jizz free of charge? |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| "They can watch us, there is nothing that we can do" |
umm how about sitting on the balcony at friend bar with a video camera and recording evidence! or sending in a an undercover agent and wait for sex being offered! UMM HELLO!!!
more like you got your bribes and your units sucked and there for had nothing to report! |
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