Overview
- Chun Jae-soo said he would step down to address accusations he took money and gifts, calling the claims absurd and completely groundless.
- Testimony by former Unification Church official Yun Young-ho alleges Chun received two luxury watches and tens of millions of won between 2018 and 2020 in connection with a church-backed undersea tunnel project.
- The special counsel acknowledged receiving Yun’s account but said it fell outside its mandate and transferred the matter to police on Tuesday.
- President Lee Jae Myung has pressed for thorough investigations across party lines and ordered a legal review on whether religious organizations engaged in systematic illegal acts can be dissolved.
- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young denied a report he received illegal funds and threatened legal action, while church leader Han Hak-ja remains on trial over an alleged bribe to former first lady Kim Keon Hee.