Two Arrested Including 'JMS No. 2'... "Risk of Evidence Tampering and Escape"

Jung Jo-seon (real name Kim Ji-seon), considered the second-in-command of the Christian Gospel Mission (hereinafter JMS), and one JMS official were arrested on the 18th.

Judge Seol Seung-won, in charge of warrants at the Daejeon District Court, issued arrest warrants during the pre-trial detention hearing for Kim and another suspect, stating there was a risk of evidence destruction and flight.

Kim is known as the successor or influential figure of JMS president Jeong Myeong-seok.

The prosecution applied charges of quasi-rape, viewing Kim as an accomplice who actively participated in the crimes by luring victims in Jeong’s sexual assault cases against female followers.

However, the court did not issue arrest warrants for four other female JMS officials who were also questioned as suspects alongside Kim.

The reasons for rejecting the warrants included their admission of the crimes, withdrawal from JMS, lack of further activity, and the fact that most evidence had already been collected, reducing the risk of evidence destruction.

They are accused of actively participating in or aiding Jeong Myeong-seok’s sexual assault crimes by luring female victims.

Meanwhile, Jeong Myeong-seok was arrested and indicted on charges of molesting or sexually assaulting A (29), a Hong Kong national female follower, 17 times from February 2018 to September 2021 at the training center in Wolmyeong-dong, Jinsan-myeon, Geumsan-gun, Chungnam, and sexually molesting B (31), an Australian national, five times from July to December 2018.

Currently, the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office has additionally indicted Jeong on charges of forcible molestation for touching specific body parts of a Korean female follower around August 2018 at the Wolmyeong-dong training center in Geumsan.

Separately, the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency is conducting an investigation following complaints filed by three Korean female followers alleging sexual molestation and assault by Jeong Myeong-seok.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.