Prosecution-Police Team Wraps up Probe Into Political-Religious Collusion
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Bal-geum = The Joint Investigation Headquarters for Corruption in Political-Religious Collusion investigated allegations of collusion between religious groups Shincheonji and the Unification Church and political circles for approximately eight months, but political...
Prosecution-police team wraps up probe into political-religious collusion
A joint prosecution-police team investigating suspected collusion between politics and religion concluded its activities Monday, 237 days after its launch on Jan. 6. The team achieved notable results, including the arrest and indictment of Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, and the seizure of 26 billion won ($18.9 million) in cash from the private safe of Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja.…
The Joint Investigation Headquarters of the Prosecutors and Police (headed by Kim Tae-hoon), which has been investigating allegations of collusion between religion and politics, has concluded its eight-month operation. On the 31st, the headquarters announced that it had referred a total of 32 individuals to trial, including Shincheonji Chairman Lee Man-hee and Unification Church President Han Hak-ja, as well as 16 Shincheonji officials and 16 Un…
4 Shincheonji members arrested, 12 released without detention… Coercion to join party, 7.5 billion won in tax evasion, etc. uncovered. Unification Church illegally donated 189 million won to 132 politicians… 10.5 billion won embezzled, 16 indicted. Reporters Park Jae-hyun and Lee Bal-geum = Political relations between the religious groups Shincheonji and the Unification Church
The Joint Investigation Headquarters, which investigated corruption involving collusion between religion and politics involving Shincheonji and the Unification Church, has concluded its activities. Shincheonji faces charges of interfering in political primaries and tax evasion, while the Unification Church faces charges of illegal donations to political circles and the embezzlement of 10.5 billion won by its president. The Joint Investigation He…
The Joint Investigation Headquarters for Political-Religious Collusion, which has been investigating allegations of collusion between Shincheonji and the Unification Church and financial misconduct, concluded its activities on the 31st, 237 days after its launch. Launched on January 6, the headquarters focused on Shincheonji’s alleged coercion of members to join the People Power Party, tax evasion, and embezzlement, as well as allegations of th…
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