Daegu City, Hanmaeum Apartment Shincheonji Members Falsely Report Religion

Daegu Metropolitan City COVID-19 Regular Briefing

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] It has been revealed that a significant number of Shincheonji Church members at Hanmaeum Apartment in Seongdang-dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, where a large number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurred, falsely recorded their religion at the time of moving in.

According to Daegu City on the 11th, an analysis of the resident management cards of Hanmaeum Apartment showed that out of 137 total residents, 90 were confirmed to be members of the Shincheonji Daegu Church.

Among them, 35 residents wrote "no religion" on the management card, 25 did not specify any religion, 24 wrote Christianity, and 3 each wrote Catholicism and Buddhism.

An investigation of 46 employees managing the apartment at the Daegu City Comprehensive Welfare Center and 18 employees who retired or took leave within a year found no Shincheonji members.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, "The vast majority deliberately falsified their religion to thoroughly hide the fact that they were Shincheonji members," adding, "I do not know if legal action can be taken for falsely recording religion, but failing to honestly record it on the management card violates management guidelines, and measures will be taken."

Meanwhile, at the regular COVID-19 response briefing that day, Mayor Kwon expressed displeasure regarding the "Shincheonji connection theory" raised on SNS and other platforms, saying, "I feel dismayed and ashamed that I have to clarify such things," and "They say I am related to Shincheonji and even that I am a Shincheonji member," showing his discomfort.

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