The city government of the capital Seoul has asked prosecutors to charge LEE MAN-HEE, the founder of the Shincheonji Church, and eleven others.
They are accused of hiding the names of some members as officials tried to track patients before the virus spread.
South Korea is battling the worst coronavirus outbreak outside China.
The country has reported three thousand seven hundred and thirty cases and twenty one deaths so far.
More than half of all infections involve members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a fringe Christian group.
Authorities say Shincheonji members infected one another in the southern city of Daegu last month, before fanning out around the country.
