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Five provincial educators busted for gambling
Five workers at the Naju Office of Education in South Jeolla Province have been booked for gambling in the office during work hours, according to the Gwangju Bukbu Police Station.
A 60 year-old senior manager, identified only by his surname Sohn, and four other workers were caught on site by police officers while playing “go-stop,” a popular Korean card game similar to poker, in a night-duty room.
The police confiscated 3 million won in money from the scene.
An officer said the police received a tip that several education office workers habitually gambled in the workplace during office hours. They followed the lead and raided the gambling scene at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
The manager Sohn was serving as an acting head of the education office as the superintendent was on summer vacation.
According to the police, the five workers played go-stop three to four times a week since late June.
They changed the site of gambling frequently so as not to be detected by other employees. They usually began playing the game from noon into late afternoon.