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| 'Very risky behavior': Indonesian seaman who escaped South Korean quarantine through hole under fence gets suspended sentence | 'Very risky behavior': Indonesian seaman who escaped South Korean quarantine through hole under fence gets suspended sentence |
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| An Indonesian seaman who escaped from a South Korean Covid-19 quarantine center by digging a hole under a fence has received a suspended sentence after the judge said his behavior undermined the country's coronavirus response. | An Indonesian seaman who escaped from a South Korean Covid-19 quarantine center by digging a hole under a fence has received a suspended sentence after the judge said his behavior undermined the country's coronavirus response. |
| The unnamed 24-year-old man, who escaped from the center through a hole under a fence on his last day of a two-week mandatory quarantine in October, received an eight-month prison sentence suspended for two years, according to the Korea Times. | The unnamed 24-year-old man, who escaped from the center through a hole under a fence on his last day of a two-week mandatory quarantine in October, received an eight-month prison sentence suspended for two years, according to the Korea Times. |
| The man was on the run for days before police finally caught up with him in Cheongju, a city seventy miles (112 kilometers) from the center in Seoul, and though he was not infected with Covid-19, the judge ruled that his actions undermined South Korea's strict attempts to stop the spread of the virus. | The man was on the run for days before police finally caught up with him in Cheongju, a city seventy miles (112 kilometers) from the center in Seoul, and though he was not infected with Covid-19, the judge ruled that his actions undermined South Korea's strict attempts to stop the spread of the virus. |
| Judge Lee Soo-jeong noted that the man "was a foreign arrival subject to self-isolation, but fled from the facility before his self-isolation period ended," calling it "very risky behavior, considering the highly infectious nature of COVID-19." | Judge Lee Soo-jeong noted that the man "was a foreign arrival subject to self-isolation, but fled from the facility before his self-isolation period ended," calling it "very risky behavior, considering the highly infectious nature of COVID-19." |
| "He deserves criticism as he intentionally violated the self-isolation rules at a time when the health authorities and other people here were going all out to prevent the spread of the contagious disease," she declared. | "He deserves criticism as he intentionally violated the self-isolation rules at a time when the health authorities and other people here were going all out to prevent the spread of the contagious disease," she declared. |
| Reuters reported in October that South Korean authorities "suspected the man, who had entered the country on a ship crew visa, intended to illegally stay" there. | Reuters reported in October that South Korean authorities "suspected the man, who had entered the country on a ship crew visa, intended to illegally stay" there. |
| South Korea has recorded over 81,000 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, and 1,482 deaths – far less than Indonesia's over 1,100,000 cases and 31,763 deaths, which are some of the highest numbers globally. | South Korea has recorded over 81,000 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, and 1,482 deaths – far less than Indonesia's over 1,100,000 cases and 31,763 deaths, which are some of the highest numbers globally. |
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