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Shincheonji made its first official position in today's (21st) President's special letter. This is the devil's work to stop the rapid growth of Xintiandi, and for the time being, avoid meetings and cooperate with the authorities. Local governments, including the city of Seoul, closed the Shinchonji Church facility and began emergency response.

This news was reported by Lee Joo-sang.

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President Shin Man-hee, President of the New World Territory, made his first official position today.

In a bulletin called `` President's Special Letter, '' which was spread over the Internet, he claimed that the "horse disease case is the devil's attempt to stop the rapid growth of the new world."

He also asked for cooperation from the authorities.

Especially for the time being, I ordered them to avoid meetings and evangelism and education by communication.

It seems that Shincheonji Church in Daegu was conscious of the worsening public opinion.

In various places, including Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Shinchonji Church was closed to the entire building to provide emergency protection.

[Park Won-soon / Seoul Mayor: In order to block the spread of the community early, we will take the closing action on the Shincheon Branch Church in Seoul.]

Gyeonggi-do also undertook a full-scale survey of its new facility in Tokyo.

In addition to the 17 churches open to the public, small gatherings will be identified for urgent defense measures and close monitoring of activities.

[Lee Jae-myung / Governor of Gyeonggi-do: If you feel that the situation is a little difficult, we are preparing to make an urgent administrative order such as a forced facility blockage, a ban on assembly, and forced disinfection.]

Gwangju-si, which is known to have nearly 50,000 members, conducted a survey, and Busan and Chungcheongbuk-do also closed local churches and facilities and took measures to prevent them.

(Video coverage: Kim Nam-sung, Video editing: Yumira, Video source: Shincheonji publicity video)