Once fined, karaoke bar still opens despite ban

At 0:15 a.m. on January 27, 2022, the working group of Quynh Luu District Police conducted an inspection and discovered the restaurant.karaokeBich Tien, owned by Mr. Dinh Bat Bich (born 1958), is still open to welcome guests.

Bich Tien Karaoke Bar is still open despite the pandemic. Photo: Thanh Toan

To conceal the illegal activities during the Covid-19 epidemic, the owner assigned 2 people to guard and lock the door, only acquaintances were allowed to open the door. Using professional measures, the working group broke into the restaurant and discovered 2 VIP rooms 1 and 2 with 7 young people, including 3 men and 4 women, singing karaoke. Among them were 2 employees, Vi Thi H. (born in 1997), residing in Ky Son district and Luong Thi D. (born in 2003), residing in Quy Chau district, both of whom did not have a labor contract.

The working group of Quynh Luu District Police has drawn up a record of administrative violations and advised the District People's Committee to issue a decision to impose an administrative fine of 10-20 million VND on the restaurant owner, based on Point c, Clause 3, Article 12 of Decree 117/2020/ND-CP on "Failure to implement the decision to apply measures to temporarily suspend business and service activities in public places".

Authorities draw up a record of administrative violations against the owner of Bich Tien karaoke bar. Photo: Thanh Toan

It is known that previously on January 21, 2022, Mr. Dinh Bat Bich - owner of Bich Tien Karaoke bar was also fined 10 million VND by the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district for "Not implementing the decision to apply measures to temporarily suspend business and service activities in public places".