“I’ll just take this call and be right back”... Man disappears after eating 80,000 won worth of Hanwoo

[Financial News] A story has emerged about a man who allegedly left a Hanwoo restaurant without paying after ordering about 80,000 won worth of meat, alcohol and other items. He reportedly went outside during the meal after acting as if he were taking a phone call and never returned.
A recently aired episode of JTBC’s “Case Leader” covered a case in which a man disappeared from a Hanwoo restaurant without paying for his meal.
The restaurant’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage shows the man entering alone, sitting down and ordering Hanwoo. He then put the meat on the grill, cooked it himself and ate.
At one point during the meal, the man checked his phone and appeared to look around. He then acted as if he were talking to someone, got up and walked out of the restaurant. But he never returned.
The man ordered two servings of jebichuri, a specialty cut of Hanwoo, as well as soju and beer. The total bill was reportedly about 80,000 won.
Seung Jae-hyun of the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice (KICJ) warned that repeated instances of this kind of behavior could lead to more severe punishment. He said, “If someone is caught repeatedly doing things like that, they could receive a heavier sentence.”
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