section_path: Background/Social cleansing, incidents and the arrest of Park In-geun
section_name: Social cleansing, incidents and the arrest of Park In-geun
paragraph_text: Social cleansing, incidents and the arrest of Park In-geun
  
  In 1975, the South Korean Ministry of Home Affairs announced the Ministry of Home Affairs Directive No. 410 (내무부훈령 제410호), which required municipalities and their local police departments to form "vagrant patrol teams", which would conduct regular patrols at least once a month.: 190 Ministry of Home Affairs Directive No. 410 defined vagrants as those who "prevent a healthy social order in cities and society.": 5 This ambiguous definition allowed local authorities to autonomously decide who was classified as a vagrant and who was not. Likewise, the city of Busan and its local police arrested and detained numerous people who were seen on the streets, including panhandlers, abandoned or orphaned children, and the disabled as vagrants. In some cases, police took unattended children into custody without their parents' or guardians' knowledge.
  
  The Act on the Execution of Duties by Police Officers of 1953 provided a legal basis for police forces to detain or transfer those who lacked supervision from "an adequate supervisor" and were "in need of aid" to police stations, hospitals, or other welfare facilities. Section 3 of the act required officers to acquire the consent of the subjected individual before aid was to be given.: 188 In the case where police "protection" was to take place, officers were required to "inform family members or other close associates of the aid recipient without delay". However, according to witness accounts, these procedures were rarely followed.: 189
  
  Arrested vagrants were distributed among 36 detention facilities across South Korea. Brothers Home was the biggest among these facilities. First established on July 20, 1960 in Gamman-dong, Busan,: 22 Brothers Home began business as an orphanage under the name "Brothers Orphanage" (형제육아소). As the orphanage expanded in size, it transformed into an accommodation center for general vagrants in the early 70s. In July 1975, Brothers Home signed a contract with the city of Busan and became one of its official vagrant detention facilities. Subsequently, Brothers Home relocated to Jurye-dong.: 9
  
  This crackdown on vagrancy was intensified as rebranding efforts were taken place by the South Korean government in preparation for the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. On April 10, 1981, upon receiving a report from Military Security Command on the status of panhandling among disabled citizens,: 5 then-President Chun Doo-Hwan ordered Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo to "crack down on begging and take protective measures for vagrants." In October 6, Chun ordered Nam to "make sure no panhandlers are on the streets of Seoul" before the 1988 Olympics.: 5 While Park In-geun was arrested in January 1987, the facility remained in operation until early 1988 and the company changed its name to Siloam's House in 1989.
  
  In 1975, the South Korean Ministry of Home Affairs announced the Ministry of Home Affairs Directive No. 410 (내무부훈령 제410호), which required municipalities and their local police departments to form "vagrant patrol teams", which would conduct regular patrols at least once a month.: 190 Ministry of Home Affairs Directive No. 410 defined vagrants as those who "prevent a healthy social order in cities and society.": 5 This ambiguous definition allowed local authorities to autonomously decide who was classified as a vagrant and who was not. Likewise, the city of Busan and its local police arrested and detained numerous people who were seen on the streets, including panhandlers, abandoned or orphaned children, and the disabled as vagrants. In some cases, police took unattended children into custody without their parents' or guardians' knowledge.
  
  The Act on the Execution of Duties by Police Officers of 1953 provided a legal basis for police forces to detain or transfer those who lacked supervision from "an adequate supervisor" and were "in need of aid" to police stations, hospitals, or other welfare facilities. Section 3 of the act required officers to acquire the consent of the subjected individual before aid was to be given.: 188 In the case where police "protection" was to take place, officers were required to "inform family members or other close associates of the aid recipient without delay". However, according to witness accounts, these procedures were rarely followed.: 189
  
  Arrested vagrants were distributed among 36 detention facilities across South Korea. Brothers Home was the biggest among these facilities. First established on July 20, 1960 in Gamman-dong, Busan,: 22 Brothers Home began business as an orphanage under the name "Brothers Orphanage" (형제육아소). As the orphanage expanded in size, it transformed into an accommodation center for general vagrants in the early 70s. In July 1975, Brothers Home signed a contract with the city of Busan and became one of its official vagrant detention facilities. Subsequently, Brothers Home relocated to Jurye-dong.: 9
  
  This crackdown on vagrancy was intensified as rebranding efforts were taken place by the South Korean government in preparation for the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. On April 10, 1981, upon receiving a report from Military Security Command on the status of panhandling among disabled citizens,: 5 then-President Chun Doo-Hwan ordered Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo to "crack down on begging and take protective measures for vagrants." In October 6, Chun ordered Nam to "make sure no panhandlers are on the streets of Seoul" before the 1988 Olympics.: 5 While Park In-geun was arrested in January 1987, the facility remained in operation until early 1988 and the company changed its name to Siloam's House in 1989.