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SEOUL, Aug 1 — South Korean authorities arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country’s largest outbreak of Covid-19 infections today for allegedly hiding crucial information from contact-tracers and other offences. Lee Man-hee is the powerful head of the...

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on a news conference held by Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, in Seoul March 2, 2020. — Reuters pic

Lee Man-hee is the powerful head of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus which is linked to more than 5,200 coronavirus infections, or 36 per cent of South Korea’s total cases. Lee, who has described the novel coronavirus as the “devil’s deed” to stop the sect’s growth, allegedly hid details on members and their meeting places as authorities tried to trace infection routes in February, Yonhap news agency reported.

 

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