韓整形'黃牛'專坑中國人,將面臨制裁

South Korea cosmetic crackdown

韓國整容業面臨制裁

South Korean prosecutors have cracked down on illegal brokers and searched the offices of plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam, Seoul, that used agents to attract patients from China.

針對首爾江南區整形診所利用中間人"拉客"吸引中國顧客的行爲，韓國檢察機構近日展開搜查，以打擊非法中介。

The investigation was triggered by Chinese media reports that focused on a growing number of botched surgeries on patients from China in South Korea.

韓國方面之所以開展這樣的調查，源於中國媒體的相關報道：中國人到韓國整形失敗的案例近來持續增加。

According to official Chinese data, 56,000 Chinese people went to South Korea last year to go under the knife.

根據中國官方的數據，去年有5.6萬中國人到韓國"動刀"。

Some South Korean plastic surgery clinics overcharge massively, pocketing 5m won for double eye-lid surgery that costs Koreans only 1.5m won.

但有些韓國整形機構卻獅子大開口——韓國人只要花150萬韓元(8400元人民幣)就能割的雙眼皮，對中國人要價卻高達500萬韓元(2.8萬元人民幣)。

This was because they had to pay brokers 50 to 90% of their fees.

而這些費用中的50-90%都進了中介腰包。

Industry sources say more than half of the Chinese patients are lured in South Korea by agents.

業內人士稱，超過一半的中國整形者是中介拉來的。