On March 2nd, Lee Man-hee, the president of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji), spoke at a press conference related to the COVID-19 situation held at the Shincheonji Palace of Peace in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

On March 2nd, Lee Man-hee, the president of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji), spoke at a press conference related to the COVID-19 situation held at the Shincheonji Palace of Peace in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] On the 1st, Lee Man-hee, the president (89) of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji), who was detained, filed a detention review petition with the court.


According to the court on the 12th, President Lee requested a detention review on the same day, asking the court to determine whether his detention is justified.


The detention review for President Lee is scheduled to be held on the morning of the 13th at the Suwon District Court Criminal Division 11.



Earlier, President Lee was detained on charges of conspiring with Shincheonji executives to obstruct the government's COVID-19 quarantine efforts by underreporting the list of believers and meeting locations to the quarantine authorities.


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