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| ▲ An undated file photo of Yun Young-ho, a former Unification Church official (Yonhap) |
Unification Church-investigation
Joint prosecution-police team steps up probe into Unification Church's alleged bribery
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A joint prosecution-police investigation team is intensifying its probe into bribery allegations involving the Unification Church and politicians, questioning an imprisoned former church official on Thursday after a raid on the church headquarters earlier this week.
The joint team, which was launched on Jan. 6 to handle suspicions of collusion between politics and religion, grilled former Unification Church official Yun Young-ho at the Seoul Detention Center on Thursday morning.
Yun is suspected of delivering tens of millions of won and luxury gifts to former Oceans Minister Chun Jae-soo, former Democratic Party lawmaker Lim Jong-seong and former United Future Party lawmaker Kim Gyu-hwan from 2018 to 2020.
Yun had denied the suspicions or kept mum before admitting to giving money and gifts to the politicians during questioning by police on Jan. 5.
The joint investigation team reportedly questioned Yun about the circumstances surrounding his change of testimony during their previous meeting at the same detention center on Monday.
The team then conducted a search and seizure operation targeting the church's headquarters in Gapyeong, east of Seoul, and church officials on Tuesday and secured their computer servers and mobile phones.
It plans to summon church officials and others soon after completing the analysis of the seized items.
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