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Global Calls Grow for Release of Family Federation Leader Dr. Hak Ja Han
Prosecutors also appealed the ruling, seeking a tougher penalty over gifts to former first lady Kim Keon Hee and 100 million won paid to a lawmaker.
- Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja appealed her two-year prison sentence on Friday, days after a Seoul court convicted the 83-year-old on charges of violating the anti-graft law, the political funds law, and embezzlement.
- Last Monday, the Seoul Central District Court found Han guilty of giving a luxury necklace and Chanel bag to former first lady Kim Keon Hee while requesting church favors through an intermediary in July 2022.
- Han also was convicted of colluding with former church officials to give 100 million won to Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the People Power Party in January 2022. Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team sought a 13-year term and has appealed.
- Hundreds gathered yesterday at The New Yorker Hotel for a Faith Freedom Peace Sunday Service centered on worship, prayer, and support for the imprisoned leader.
- Rev. Demian Dunkley, President of Unification USA, told the gathering, "A peacemaker is a change maker, and never in history is a change maker welcomed by the ones he seeks to change.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seung-yeon = Unification Church President Han Hak-ja, who was indicted on charges of 'collusion between politics and religion' with the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, appealed the first-instance ruling.
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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