Extension of JMS Jeong Myeong-seok's Detention Period... Court Issues Additional Arrest Warrant

The detention period of Jeong Myeong-seok, the president of the Christian Gospel Mission (hereinafter JMS), has been extended.

According to the legal community on the 25th, the Criminal Division 12 of Daejeon District Court (Chief Judge Na Sang-hoon) recently issued an additional arrest warrant for Jeong. The extended detention period is up to six months.

Previously, Jeong was arrested and indicted on charges of sexually assaulting female believers and has been undergoing trial. However, under the Criminal Procedure Act, the maximum detention period is six months, and Jeong's detention was scheduled to expire on the 27th of this month.

However, as the court issued an additional arrest warrant for Jeong based on charges not included in the original warrant, the detention period has been extended by up to six months until the first trial verdict is announced.

The court issued the arrest warrant for Jeong on charges of touching a specific body part of a Korean female believer while moving by golf cart at the training center in Wolmyeong-dong, Geumsan, around August 2018.

Separately, three Korean female believers recently filed complaints against Jeong with the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency. The complaints reportedly contain allegations that the victims were sexually harassed and assaulted by Jeong. The police are currently conducting an investigation based on the received complaints.

Meanwhile, Jeong was first arrested under an arrest warrant issued on charges of molesting and sexually assaulting (17 times) a Hong Kong national female believer at the training center in Jinsan-myeon, Wolmyeong-dong, Geumsan-gun, Chungnam, from February 2018 to September 2021, and sexually harassing (5 times) an Australian national female believer at the Geumsan training center from July to December 2018.

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