S Korean sect leader acquitted on charges of blocking COVID-19 response
A South Korean court on Wednesday acquitted 89-year-old Lee Man-hee, the leader of a religious sect, of charges that he deliberately disrupted the government's COVID-19 response last year. The sect was at the centre of a major COVID-19 outbreak with nearly 4,200 of its followers testing positive. However, Lee was found guilty of embezzling over ₹37.3 crore of church funds.