SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld lower courts’ acquittal of a religious sect leader of charges that he obstructed the government’s response to COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020. Lee Man-hee, the 91-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was indicted two years ago for allegedly underreporting the number of [...]
SUWON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Wednesday acquitted the leader of a minor religious sect of charges of obstructing the government’s response to COVID-19 during an outbreak at his church last year. Lee Man-hee, the 89-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was indicted in August on charges of misleading [...]
SUWON, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The leader of a minor religious sect at the center of the early coronavirus outbreak in South Korea was arrested early Saturday for allegedly obstructing the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic. A local court in Suwon, south of Seoul, issued an arrest warrant for Lee [...]