VOA标准英语2012--Korean Surveillance School Trains Citizen Snoops

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Korean Surveillance School Trains Citizen Snoops

Ji Soo-hyun leads a double life. Three-months ago, the housewife began a career catching¹ lawbreakers red handed. Ji, 54, says her specialty² is going undercover at private tutoring schools.

"I pretend that I am going to enroll³ my kids in the school. I ask the faculty⁴ about extra services. There are a lot of illegal activities in these schools, like staying open too late and charging additional fees. These are the types of things I record," Ji noted⁵.

When Ji is on her mission, she uses a small, concealed⁶ camera to record video.

A cameraman is among the students of the Seoul paparazzi school - the same place that taught Ji how to secretly film illegal activity.

Academy director Moon Seong-ok also helps students find buyers for their secret footage.

"The students want to make money. I contact them with police agencies, local governments, health agencies and education authorities who pay them," Moon explained.

Moon claims citizen paparazzi can earn between $20 and $30,000 a year. But some observers say the government should not be paying neighbors to spy on neighbors.

"When it comes to citizen paparazzi, the government is outsourcing responsibility to civilians⁷ and everyone knows it is a big problem. However, people don't really see it as an important issue," said Chun Sang-chin, a sociologist⁸ at Seoul's Sogang University.

Chun says that is because people worry that if they complain, it will seem like they have something to hide.

Citizen paparazza Ji Soo-hyun says she does not feel sympathy for people breaking the law.

"At first I felt guilty about reporting on these people, but the more I did it, I realized how much illegal activity is going on around us," Ji admitted.

Ji says she is now turning her camera on people who skip out on paying their taxes.