Conservative church claims South Korea’s government is persecuting them by blaming members for coronavirus spread Beállítások

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General social distancing rules were not in place in South Korea at the time of the outbreak. At the time of the outbreak, it was uncertain to the South Korea COVID-19 would be any more contagious than MERS, and the president had urged citizens to carry out normal economic lives,” Lee vowed. “Even two days after the confirmation of the 31st COVID-19 patient, President Moon held a celebratory party for the director and cast of the movie ‘Parasite.’”

Nonetheless, Shincheonji remains on Seoul’s radar. Earlier this month, the church's leader – 88-year-old Lee Man-hee – was arrested and charged with “murder by wilful negligence” for purportedly giving incomplete and late reports to the government for contact tracing, and an incomplete list of church properties, as well as embezzlement. Lee Man-hee is currently in prison, awaiting the case’s prosecution, and it remains undetermined if and when he will go to trial.