South Korea seeks murder charges as coronavirus kills more than 3,000 worldwide

South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the c...

SEOUL/BEIJING - South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the center of a ballooning coronavirus outbreak in the country on Monday as the global death toll rose above 3,000.

The agency said that in January some members of the church visited the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the disease emerged late last year. Lee apologized on Monday that one of its members had infected many others, calling the epidemic a “great calamity”.It was not immediately known how many of South Korea’s dead were directly connected to the church.

Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, makes a deep bow during a news conference at its facility in Gapyeong, South Korea, March 2, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS

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