Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Sarang Jeil Church Over 'COVID-19 Cluster Infection' (Update)

Police officers wearing protective suits are moving toward the entrance of Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, on the 21st to execute a search warrant. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] On the 21st, the police and quarantine authorities executed a search warrant at Sarang Jeil Church, where a cluster infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred.

As of 7:50 PM that day, police and quarantine officials from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency were waiting in front of Sarang Jeil Church in Jangwi-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, to carry out the search.

A police official explained, "The church's lawyer has not arrived yet, so we are waiting." A quarantine official also stated, "The police have started the search at Sarang Jeil Church, and the epidemiological investigation involving epidemiologists is expected to be possible late at night."

The police plan to execute the search warrant as soon as the church's representative arrives and, together with the quarantine authorities, secure the list of church members.

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