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Overnight, the quarantine authorities visited the Sarangjeil Church in Seoul. It was to secure a list of church members and recent visitors, but failed as church officials blocked it. There are still hundreds of church members who cannot be reached, and there are many people who don't know why I'm on the list submitted by the church.

Reporter Kim Kwan-jin reports.

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Today (21st) around 4 am, epidemiological investigators from the quarantine authorities appear empty-handed at Sarangjeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.

In order to find out the reason and cause of the spread of the infection related to the church, we tried to obtain a list of members and data such as recent visitors, but there was no result.

It was yesterday morning when the quarantine authorities first visited for an epidemiological investigation.


Church officials demanded a seizure and search warrant and refused to enter the epidemiological investigator, and Seoul officials explained that administrative investigations did not require a warrant, and the confrontation continued.

Yesterday evening, at about 8 o'clock, some epidemiological investigators succeeded in getting inside the church, but the church building was locked, and the list of members failed.

Sarangjeil Church has previously submitted a list with the names of about 900 people two times, but the quarantine authorities believe that the number of members is too small and the contents are inaccurate.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the quarantine authorities are planning to attempt an epidemiological investigation again this morning.

Sarangjeil Church said yesterday that the act of forcing members to submit a list of members and to be tested for coronavirus by posting a ``popular admission'' in some newspaper advertisements constitutes abuse of authority and illegal confinement.

[Kwon Jun-wook/ Vice Head of Central Defense Response Headquarters: As a quarantine authority, epidemiological investigation as it is without prejudice against any specific group, facility, or institution... .] The

quarantine authorities emphasized that the inspection is conducted according to the proper procedure according to the infection prevention method, and cooperation is urgent as the infection from Sarangjeil Church is spreading.