The Blue House, "Thorough investigation and punishment" - Gukmin Ilbo
2020.04.24
The Blue House, "thorough investigation and punishment," in response to the petition for the disbandment and investigation of Shincheonji.
The Blue House suggested that the investigation agency should closely investigate whether the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji), infringed the law and impose a corresponding punishment.
This is in response to the call for the forced dissolution of Shincheonji and the arrest of Lee Man-hee, the leader of the church, on the petition bulletin board.
Sincheonji victims and others expressed their welcome and called for a thorough and continuous investigation.
Chung Dong-il, the Secretary to the President for Social Policy, said on the 21st, "The act of obstructing the measures for infectious diseases control or deceiving the quarantine authorities is a dangerous act that puts our society in jeopardy and threatens the lives and the health of people," and added, "I think the importance of the issue has been acknowledge and a close investigation on whether Shincheonji violated the law and corresponding punishment will be carried out." "The prosecution and the police are investigating about the charge of infringment of the preventive measures in accordance with the law," he added.
This is in response to the petitions posted on the bulletin board of the Blue House Presidential Office in February. The petitions called for the forced dissolution of Shincheonji, responsible for the spreading of the new coronavirus infection (CORONA 19), and the arrest of Lee Man-hee, the leader of the church. The petitions gained high support, with a total of 1,707,202 people subscribing.
The National Shincheonji Victims' Association (Jeon Pi-yeon), a group of victims of Sincheonji, welcomed the move, believing that the Blue House did not regard Sincheonji as a mere religious issue like it did in the past, but rather supported the prosecution's investigation. Park Hyang-mi, Policy Director of the Jeon Pih-yeon’s group, said, "The prosecution's investigation into the internal issues, including embezzlement of Sincheonji leaders, has been lacking. I believe that Sincheonji has already taken preemptive measures about various illegal matters, but I think that if the government and the prosecution are willing to investigate those involved, all the illigal actions will be fully exposed." Then he added that "continuous investigations should be carried out so as not to end up with a single disciplinary action."
Kwon Nam-gwe, head of the Heresy Counseling Office at the Busan Holy City Movement, said, "It seems a little late, but we should thoroughly investigate and hold this anti-social group,Shincheonji, accountable even now," adding, "The government and the prosecution have been perfunctory in dealing with the plea of the victims of Shincheonji." I hope they will take this opportunity to wipe away the tears of the victims." "It will not be easy to get rid of Shincheonji's habit of using camouflage missionary work or other inappropriate methods to expand its influence," he said. "We need to pay close attention to the activities of Shincheonji in the future, along with investigating the illegal rental and occupancy of public facilities under the name of false peace groups."
Original article:
https://n.news.naver.com/article/005/0001314685
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