Sarangjeil Church: "Discriminated Against by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and KCTU... Will Uncover National Fraud"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The Sarang Jeil Church, at the center of the COVID-19 cluster infection incident, has urged the government and the media to apply fair standards in quarantine measures and reporting.

On the 24th, Sarang Jeil Church sent a notice via their legal team, citing recent confirmed cases at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minnochoong) as examples, stating that the same standards should be applied to them.

The church’s legal team claimed, "In the case of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, only 35 close contacts were tested, and for Minnochoong, despite the illegal assembly, mask non-wearing, and failure to observe social distancing being confirmed in many places, testing was conducted based on contacts centered on confirmed cases rather than all participants."

They added, "If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Minnochoong had been participants of Sarang Jeil Church or the Gwanghwamun rally, they would have demanded the full list of all regular, irregular, and retired employees, as well as all visitors who had visited even once up to 50 days prior to the confirmed case occurrence. Even after receiving all lists and conducting extensive testing, they would have conducted a search based on arbitrary suspicion that more names existed and threatened to immediately arrest the Minister of Foreign Affairs," criticizing the authorities.

The legal team also argued that "Regarding the confirmed cases inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building and among participants of the Minnochoong rally, many media outlets have reported the scope and subjects of testing by citing the concept of 'close contacts' that we have repeatedly clarified through press conferences," claiming media bias.

They continued, "The irrational ruler who looks down on the citizens condemning him and the church as if they were dirt on the soles of his feet and acts as if he reigns above the law must be stopped. Sarang Jeil Church will represent the Korean church in aiming to ensure that such Nazi fascist communist governments never exist in the Republic of Korea, and will persistently uncover the truth behind the 'Moon administration’s COVID-19 national deception,'" they added.

The day before, Sarang Jeil Church held a press conference in front of their church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, continuing their harsh criticism of the quarantine authorities. At the press conference, the church announced their intention to file complaints with the prosecution against Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, Acting Seoul Mayor Seo Jeong-hyeop, Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo, and Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Chief Jang Ha-yeon.

Meanwhile, according to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of midnight on the same day, there were 266 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 17,665. The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to Sarang Jeil Church rose to 841 as of noon the previous day. The number of secondary infections related to the church is 112.

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