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By Park Si-soo
A motel operator was jailed for having minors as guests, in a violation of the Public Health Control Act.
Suwon District Court recently made the ruling, jailing the operator, 72, for six months. He was charged in December for accepting the check-in for a one-day stay of two minors ― a boy, 17, and a girl, 15. The pair paid 40,000 won ($33.70), according to the court.
The public health act bans all types of accommodation from having minors who come without parents or legal guardians as guests. Violators can be jailed or see their business shut.
Judge Cho Hyeong-mok said the ruling was made after taking into account similar crimes the operator had committed.
"The accused has violated the law six times since 2009," the judge said. "The most recent conviction against him was a suspended one-year prison term, sentenced in October 2017, but he committed the same crime again."
