SEOUL (Reuters) – The federal government of Seoul requested for a murder examination into leaders of a Christian sect at the center of the country’s fatal coronavirus break out, saying the church was liable for its refusal to work together with efforts to stop the disease.
SUBMIT PHOTO: A man wearing a mask to avoid contracting the coronavirus walks past a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Daegu, South Korea February 21,2020 REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
A large majority of the more than 4,000 verified cases of the South Korean outbreak, the biggest outside China and still growing, have been linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a deceptive movement that reveres creator Lee Man-hee.
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