South Korea puts force of law behind masks, quarantines, contact tracing
by Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2020
4 minutes
SEOUL, South Korea - The arresting officers came for the young man about a month after he was declared free of the coronavirus and discharged from the hospital.
While he was battling a mild case of the disease, he'd gone from an unremarkable college student a few credits shy of graduation to one of South Korea's most reviled criminal suspects. The mayor of his city, Incheon, called his behavior "absolutely inexcusable." Media reports and newspaper editorials lambasted him. On Twitter, someone suggested the 25-year-old deserved to be tied up in a popular street in central Incheon and stoned.
His alleged crime: He lied to contact tracers. He said he didn't have a job, when
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