(Observer Network News) Comprehensive South Korea's "Korean National Daily", "Seoul Economy" and other reports, in order to avoid the new crown virus Olmi Kerong mutation strain continues to spread in South Korean prisons, the South Korean Ministry of Justice decided to parole thousands of prisoners.
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea announced on the 16th that 1,031 model inmates will be paroled at 10 a.m. on the 18th. The second round of planning will take place on the 28th of this month, and the number of people has not yet been determined.
"Han Minzu Daily" reported: Ministry of Justice: 1031 people parole ... The number of people in the second round is undecided
According to South Korea's "Seoul Economy" report, the new crown collective infection in South Korean prisons is serious, and there is also an outbreak of large-scale collective infection in Gyeonggi-do Anyang Prison, with a total of 128 people confirmed with new crown pneumonia as of the 17th, which is less than a week after the two staff members were confirmed on the 13th. In order to reduce the density of personnel, more than 200 inmates have been sent to other prisons where no confirmed persons have been detained.
South Korea's Seoul Economics reports: Coronavirus is everywhere in correctional facilities... There were 128 cases in Anyang Prison
Single-person tents were installed in the gymnasium of the Seoul Eastern Detention Center to ensure the isolation of prisoners. Picture from South Korea's Seoul Economy
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak may not be on the parole list. It is understood that South Korea's SK News Agency said that President Moon Jae-in did not use the last opportunity for amnesty during his term of office, and South Korea's Ministry of Justice said that "there will be no amnesty on March 1." Some South Korean media said that "it is also unreasonable to pardon those who are very politically controversial."
It is understood that former President Lee Myung-bak, who served his sentence in Anyang Prison, was admitted to the Seoul National University Affiliated Hospital on the 3rd of this month. Lee Myung-bak initially served his sentence at Seoul Eastern Prison, but because of the mass infection at the prison, he transferred people to Anyang Prison, who had not yet been diagnosed at the time, to serve his sentence. In fact, the South Korean media generally believes that not only can Lee Myung-bak not get parole, but his hopes of amnesty are also slim.
According to statistics from the Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters of South Korea, as of 00:00 on the 18th, south Korea has added 109831 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, doubling from a week ago and exceeding 100,000 for the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic. Among them, 109715 cases are indigenous cases, and about 63% occur in the Tokyo metropolitan area.