Yoon Sang-hyun "Confirmed cases also occurred at Minnochoong rallies... Law enforcement only targets conservatives and Christian groups"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Yoon Sang-hyun, an independent lawmaker and former member of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, criticized the government, saying that its public authority is only being directed at conservative groups and Christian organizations, and that "COVID-19 is being completely politicized."

On the 24th, Yoon stated on Facebook, "It is said that confirmed cases occurred at the 2,000-person Minnochoong rally held around Bosingak on Liberation Day."

He said, "Rallies were held in the same way around Gwanghwamun and Jonggak areas, but conservative groups and Christian organizations centered in Gwanghwamun were subjected to widespread arrests, detentions, and testing, whereas Minnochoong centered around Jonggak Station was not even tested, and their movement routes were not tracked," adding, "There is even a ridiculous post circulating that when the health center called to ask if someone attended the Gwanghwamun rally, they answered 'I attended the Minnochoong rally' to avoid testing."

Yoon pointed out an incident in the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee where Minister Jin Young was unable to give a direct answer to the question, "Why are Minnochoong rally attendees not tested or quarantined?" He said, "Minnochoong notified its members to get tested, but when they went to the health center, they were told to go back because they were not attendees of the Gwanghwamun rally."

Yoon said, "The strictness of the 'living public authority' emphasized by the government and ruling party seems to be directed only at conservative groups and Christian organizations," and criticized, "The public authority entrusted by the people to the government is the last resort to prevent infectious diseases, not political power granted to suppress conservative groups."

Additionally, Yoon pointed out, "A Blue House petition requesting the dismissal of Judge Park Hyung-soon, who made the reasonable decision to permit the Liberation Day rally, has surpassed 200,000 signatures, and ruling party lawmakers have proposed the so-called 'Park Hyung-soon Prohibition Act' riding on this," adding, "COVID-19 is being completely politicized."

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