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There are churches where hundreds of people gather to worship, ignoring government guidelines to refrain from religious events where people gather.
It has already been accused several times, and the church continues to protest that the quarantine guidelines ignore religious freedom.
This is KNN reporter Park Myung-sun.
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evening, more than 400 members are pouring out of a church in Busan.
If you violated the quarantine guidelines, you were forced to worship.
After several accusations, it violated the quarantine guidelines again the night before, despite an order to suspend operations from the next day.
[Ahn Young-cheon/Busan Seo-gu Office Culture and Tourism Section Manager: Suspension of operation until 24 p.m. on January 16, the administrative disposition has been put down on the 10th.] The
same is true of another church in Gangseo-gu, Busan.
On the 3rd, last weekend, more than 1,000 members gathered to worship, and on the 6th, more than 100 people gathered to hold a demand service.
It violated the 2.5 step quarantine rule that no more than 20 people should gather.
Today (7th), a press conference was held where members from all over the country gathered to protest the quarantine guidelines.
[Pastor Son Hyeon-bo/Pastor: (According to your taste) I think that it is the way to change the law freely and approach the whole country where we follow and obey.]
Violation of the quarantine regulations may result in a suspension of operation for up to 30 days following the first warning, and a closing order at the end, depending on the infectious disease prevention method.
However, the jurisdiction of Gangseo-gu, Busan, failed to issue the first warning and is in a position to watch it until the 17th.
Despite continuous field inspections amid the lukewarm response of local governments, face-to-face worship in violation of the 2.5-step quarantine guidelines continues.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-yong KNN, Video editing: Kim Ji-young KNN, Screen source: Seegero Church YouTube)