South Korea seeks coronavirus murder charges

[soryang]

MARCH 2, 2020 / 7:07 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
South Korea seeks coronavirus murder charges, over 3,000 dead worldwide
Hyonhee Shin, Se Young Lee Reuters
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SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the heart of its ballooning coronavirus outbreak on Monday as the global death toll rose above 3,000 and the Chinese province at the epicentre reported a fall in new cases...

...In the largest outbreak outside China, South Korea has had 26 deaths and reported another 599 infections on Monday, taking its tally to 4,335 following Saturday’s biggest daily jump.

Of the new cases in South Korea, 377 were from the city of Daegu, home to a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, to which most of South Korea’s cases have been traced after some members visited China’s Wuhan city where the disease emerged.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/south-korea-seeks-murder-charges-as-coronavirus-kills-more-than-3000-worldwide-idUSKBN20P1LO

In his public apology broadcast in South Korea, Lee Man- hui, the founder of the secretive religious cult, Sincheonji, seemed to be placing the blame on "Case 31" the so called super spreader. His phrasing was intended to characterize the storm of public criticism against him and his organization as a result of undeserved bias. Reporters noticed he was wearing a solid gold wrist watch he had received from the impeached former president Park Geun-hye now in prison for corruption and abuse of power.   Such a political symbol is unlikely to improve public inclination toward the 84 year old religious leader.

[dewsgirl]

1. I am highly impressed with every moved South Korea makes in

relation to CV. The leaders of the church were telling followers the disease was, wait for it....a hoax and nothing to worry about.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. I wonder if we could file murder charges against Trump and Pence

When our loved one dies from this virus?

My neighbor will probobally file charges against state and federal officials if/when his wife dies from the virus. He is really upset about it spreading without control here in the US. His wife is very ill and the virus may get her. He's already changed his party because of it.