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Trial for Shincheonji Founder Lee Man-hee on Forced Party Membership Charges Set for July 24
Lee faces charges of forcing at least 56,472 members to join South Korea's main opposition party between 2021 and 2024. The first hearing is set at Seoul Central District Court.
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A trial for Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is scheduled to begin on July 24 at the Seoul Central District Court. Yonhap reported that Lee is charged with forcing at least 56,472 church members to join the People Power Party between July 2021 and January 2024.
The purpose of the alleged forced memberships was to influence the outcome of the party's 2022 presidential primary and 2024 general election primaries, legal sources told Yonhap.
A joint police-prosecution task force indicted Lee under physical detention on June 29. Charges regarding the forced memberships in July 2021 were first applied because the five-year statute of limitations was drawing near, Yonhap said. The Shincheonji Church of Jesus is described as a nonmainstream religious sect, while the People Power Party serves as the main opposition party in South Korea.
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