Overview

• Police searched Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk and affiliated locations including a YouTube studio and a missionary’s home under warrants executed early Tuesday.
• Investigators suspect Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon of inciting the Jan. 19 breach of the Seoul Western District Court after extending former President Yoon’s detention.
• Authorities seized telecommunications records, analyzed rally recordings and questioned suspects, including a church official recently sentenced to 3½ years.
• Since the court attack, 143 individuals have been arrested, 63 indicted and 49 convicted on charges related to the violent disturbance that injured 97 people.
• Jeon has denied directing the violence and maintains informal influence over Sarang Jeil Church despite resigning as senior pastor last year.