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order to prevent coronavirus, the Army Training Center is restricting the use of toilets to trainees to brush their teeth and wash their faces for three days. The military explained that it was unavoidable until the results of the diagnostic tests performed at the training center came out, but controversy over human rights violations arose.



Reporter Hak-Hwi Kim covered it.



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You cannot go to the bathroom when you want, and you should only use the toilet at a set time.



I brushed my teeth for the first time on the 5th and 6th day of admission, and took my first shower a week later.



This is an anonymous post posted on social media saying that this is the reality of the Army Training Center's trainees.



It was argued that the training center is implementing excessive quarantine guidelines, such as prohibiting showering, brushing teeth and washing teeth, and limiting the use of toilets.



The Military Rights Center, which confirmed the contents of the report, criticized the violation of human rights in the way of controlling defecation.



[Bang Hye-rin / Military Human Rights Center Counseling Support Team Leader: My basic needs, such as urine or feces, are not endured just because I endure them, but under the name of quarantine and control, I infringe on individual needs too much... ] As the



controversy grew, the military began to clarify.



As a preventive quarantine measure, he said that he would come up with an improvement plan even though it inevitably restricted brushing and washing until the third day of enlistment, when the results of the gene amplification test appear after admission.



[Kim Jin-tae/Army Public Affairs Manager: We will pay close attention to living conditions and manage them carefully.]



Soldiers who have gone on vacation have to live in quarantine for a certain period of time after returning, and there are reports that the meals provided at this time are poor.



The Ministry of Defense said it was checking the number of drinking water and food ingredients, and said that field commanders would directly inspect the meals of quarantined soldiers.



(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, video editing: Jeong Seong-hun)