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Last month, about 70 foreigners were caught holding a no-mask party on an uninhabited island in Incheon. However, the police formally investigate only the fishermen who carried people, and the foreigners who actually participated in the party and the organizers were excluded from the investigation. Then, when the investigation began, he changed his position.
Reporter Han Seong-hee covered the story.
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fishing boat carrying dozens of foreigners, the English word for 'frenzy party' flows.
Lighted tents have been erected on the beach, with dances and music all day and night.
No one wearing a mask is visible.
This is a video posted on social media by foreign students during the Chuseok holiday last year, and it was filmed on a deserted island in Incheon.
They took a passenger boat to a nearby island, and then moved to an uninhabited island by fishing boat.
The secret party was caught when a message asking the participants to be punished was uploaded to the Blue House National Petition.
The police, who started the investigation, booked a fisherman A in his 50s on charges of carrying 75 foreigners.
It is a charge of carrying passengers without qualification.
However, foreigners who violated quarantine rules were not even included in the investigation.
The reason is that identification is difficult.
[Ongjin County Office Manager: It has already passed, so we cannot receive any information about foreigners or anything like that.]
It was Kim Mo, a Korean man who planned the party and even received money from foreigners, but the police said that Kim was not subject to punishment, but as the coverage continued, they changed their position to investigate whether there were any suspicions.
[Incheon Maritime Station manager: While investigating, even that part, if it is confirmed that the infectious disease (prevention law) has been violated, (report).]
Mr. Kim recently closed the website that was openly recruiting foreign participants.