Overview
- The special counsel said claims of Unification Church support for Democratic Party figures fall outside its authorized scope and transferred the file to the National Office of Investigation.
- Former church executive Yun Young-ho testified he gave tens of millions of won to two DP lawmakers between 2018 and 2020 and that as many as 15 DP politicians received support through donations or bulk book purchases, assertions one former lawmaker denies.
- Min Joong-ki’s team has pursued PPP-linked cases, indicting church leaders and Rep. Kweon Seong-dong over alleged 2022 funding, drawing accusations of selective enforcement from political rivals and editorials.
- Prosecutors cite recorded calls referencing contacts with figures in both major parties, and police now face a looming statute-of-limitations deadline for any alleged 2018 Political Funds Act violations.
- President Lee Jae Myung directed a renewed review of legal grounds to dissolve religious corporations engaged in organized unlawful conduct, with officials pointing to Article 38 of the Civil Act as a potential basis.