Overview
- Chun told reporters at Incheon Airport that he will leave his post after returning from the United Nations General Assembly trip to address the claims.
- He called the reports baseless, saying he did not receive illegal payments from the Unification Church.
- Local media citing unidentified sources have linked him to money and gifts in 2018, with one report mentioning 40 million won and luxury watches, though the claims remain unverified.
- President Lee Jae Myung has ordered a strict, nonpartisan investigation into suspected illicit political funding tied to religious groups.
- The special counsel’s wider probe has already led to the detention of former People Power Party whip Kweon Seong-dong, while Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja faces a separate bribery trial and denies the charge.