<Anchor>

Many people who have received emergency disaster relief funds since this week are actually spending their money. However, it is controversial that it is possible to buy luxury goods or large multinational companies' emergency disaster subsidies to promote small businesses and the alley economy.

I am a reporter.

<Reporter>

Convenience store with a large note that it is possible to use emergency funds. Advertisements that cigarettes can also be purchased are showing signs of hoarding.

[Convenience store staff: (Emergency Disaster Assistance) I think I buy the most cigarettes. Many people just ask for a bulwark and pay with zero pay (last month) ... ]

Liquors such as wine are also sold.

A convenience store analyzed local currency sales and found that wine purchases surged 214% last month.

As the government and local governments hurried to implement it, it is pointed out that the side effects such as the social loss caused by the consumption of cigarettes and alcohol were not considered.

[Health officials: Actually (such as alcohol and tobacco purchase restrictions), I couldn't afford such a thing in advance, so please refrain… 'Campaigning' by relying on citizens' consciousness ... ]

Although the focus was on revitalizing small businesses and the alley economy, loopholes are also revealed.

You can't spend disaster aid in department stores or large marts, but you can also buy luxury goods in separate stores in the mall.

Payment is also possible at IKEA, a multinational furniture company, and the domestic furniture industry has started to protest.

[Lee Young-sik / Chairman of Korea Furniture Industry Association: How can a giant dinosaur like IKEA be in the scope of a small and medium-sized business, a small-sized furniture producer? Small and medium furniture seller? No.] As

confusion and dissatisfaction with the standards of where and where it was used, the government decided to make payments even in newly moved areas.