South Korea is one of the countries that are currently struggling the hardest with the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus to the. Thousands of Infected, and dozens of Deaths.
Now, first, the legal consequences could be threatened After the outbreak of the lung disease in the state of a Christian sect under investigation for murder and other allegations threaten the leaders. The city of Seoul have made to the public Prosecutor of the appropriate criminal complaint against the cult leader Lee Man-Hee and twelve other leading members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, said a spokeswoman for the city administration on Monday.
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The sections leaders are accused, therefore, among other things, not enough with the health authorities worked together, and to have the names of supporters to be withheld, which should be tested for the Virus. Another accusation of the authorities in the capital is the religious organization have violated the law for the prevention of infectious diseases. The sect is supposed to be, therefore, partly responsible for the death of Covid-19-patients. In South Korea, a controversial sect, rejected the accusations.
The number of coronavirus deaths in the East Asian country climbed by now to 26. The number of infections is again increased to several Hundred. The health authorities reported that in the course of Monday, 599 new cases. So far 4335 people have been tested positive for the Virus in Sars-CoV-2 – as many as nowhere else outside China.
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Seoul’s mayor Park Won Soon proceeded on his Facebook page the accusations against the South Korean community of faith: “If you had early taken active measures, we could have used the explosive increase of Covid-19-cases in Daegu and the province of North Gyeongbuk, as well as the death of several people prevent.”
A high-ranking representative of the religious community, Kim Shin Chang, told the news Agency AFP, the stigma and discrimination because of their faith, and it prevented many members of his community to cooperate with the health authorities. “It is not possible, that our members will cooperate fully with the authorities”, – said the Director for international missions of the sect. The reason for this was that they feared their ties to “Shincheonji” could be known. “The social hatred against our members and the discrimination are so great that many fear to lose their Jobs or fear of conflict within the family, if your Faith is known.”
Nevertheless, it is shown in the sect apparently remorseful: The 88-year-old founder Lee apologized for the role of the religious community in the spread of the Virus. “I would like to apologize on behalf of the members seriously,” he told journalists. “We have tried very hard, but were not in the position to.” His group is working actively with the government. Images of the South Korean TV station SBS showed how Lee bowed to the ground, kneeling. Meanwhile, the sect has closed, according to information from all facilities in the country and the health authorities the names of more than 200,000 followers passed.
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According to media reports, more than a thousand people, however, have not responded with Links to the sect on Demands of the authorities. “We are calling on our members to tell the authorities everything,” said Kim. Ultimately, this was a “personal decision”.
Many of the cult followers among Infected in South Korea
The majority of previous cases of infection was discovered in the city of Daegu and the surrounding Region, where “Shincheonji” is strongly represented. The largest accumulation of cases, there are subsections supporters in the Southeast of the million-city. Around 60 percent of the cases are in connection with the sect. A 61-year-old supporter has been 31. A patient in South Korea recorded that has been infected with Sars-CoV-2. She had participated in February in spite of the symptoms of illness, to God the service of the sect.
Some members of the sect, which also has Connections to China, visited according to the authorities, even in January, the Central Chinese city of Wuhan, the alleged place of origin of the Coronavirus epidemic.
“Shincheonji” – which means “New heaven, new earth” – was founded in 1984 by Lee Man-Hee, the referred to the Coronavirus outbreak as a “work of the devil”. He promises his followers that judgment day will occur in his lifetime, and he will then take over 144,000 people in heaven. Since there are more members than places available, it is “in the Hand of God”, who will be chosen, said Kim.
Of the sect are also said to have Connections to the policy, which showed Kim back. In the headquarters of the organization in Gwacheon, South of Seoul, pictures of the green are, however, to see the founder with the Ex-heads of state, Park Geun Hye and Lee Myung-Bak. The party avoided so far, criticism of the sect in connection with Virus epidemic.
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