In Paris, clandestine restaurants are still breaking the news. One week after the Palais Vivienne case – still making waves in the news and the executive – another restaurant opened illegally and has been found by Paris police. This Friday April 9, 2021, shortly after nightfall, police officers from the Paris Police (DSPAP) intervened in the middle of a dinner held in a clandestine restaurant in Paris 19th arrondissement.
Cette nuit à #Paris19, les policiers #DSPAP, requis pour un tapage nocturne émanant d'un restaurant, ont mis un terme à un rassemblement de plus de 110 personnes :
— Préfecture de Police (@prefpolice) April 10, 2021
➡️ Convives verbalisés pour non-respect des mesures sanitaires en vigueur.
➡️ Organisateur et gérant interpellés. pic.twitter.com/udt1Ji9MA0
Tweet reads: “Tonight in Paris 19th, police officers from the DSPAP, requisitioned for night-time disturbance from a restaurant, ended a gathering with over 110 people: guests fined for breaking the instated health measures, host and manager arrested”.
In a tweet released the morning after, Paris Police Prefecture reminds the facts: “Requisitioned for night-time disturbance from a restaurant”, the police officers “ended a gathering with over 110 people”. Furthermore, the forces of order say the “host and manager have been arrested”, following the police’s action. Paris prosecutor told AFP both of them have been remanded in custody for “endangering the life of others and undeclared work”.
Moreover, the hundred guests on location “have been fined for breaking the health measures”, the police prefecture adds. According to data unveiled this past Tuesday by the Secretary of the Interior, about 1,000 patrons of illegally-open restaurants have been fined since October 30, 2020 in Paris.
Clandestine dinners in Paris: M6 confirms there was ”at least one member of the government”
After M6 TV channel broadcasted a story about clandestine dinners in Paris and indiscretion about ministers attending them, pressure has risen on social networks, especially on Twitter. With the hashtag #Onveutlesnoms - #Wewantthenames – anonymous people are looking for people who attended these private dinners for €200 per guest, as all restaurants have been closed since October 28, 2020. The day after the polemic, the Secretary of the Interior denounces rumors and claims no minister attended these illegal dinners. M6 Société des Journalistes - Journalist Society - has issued a statement to advocate for their news and sources that are reliable. [Read more]
