By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter

The owner of a club in Seoul, which made the headlines Tuesday for its free-sex atmosphere, was booked, not for the business itself but for the violation of some construction rules, Wednesday.

Gangnam Police Station said the owner expanded the restaurant without permission and provided pub-like services after identifying his business as restaurant, which are both illegal.

Police and Gangnam ward office officials took the owner, identified as Na, to a police station at 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Na said, ``I’ve never allowed guests to engage in such lewd behaviors as reported. But I have no idea what happened after I left the club around midnight.’’

The club has been causing a stir for its laissez-faire attitude to sex ― members purportedly engage in group sex and swap partners, while others enjoy drinks and watch them.

Despite growing calls to punish him for indecency, police and legal experts are not sure whether such a business is breaking the law.

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