Second Special Prosecutor Raids National Police Agency Over Alleged Cover-Up in Unification Church Investigation

Targeting the National Police Agency, Gangwon Provincial Police Agency, and Chuncheon Police Station

The second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor’s Team led by Changyoung Kwon has launched a compulsory investigation targeting the police over allegations of a cover-up in the Unification Church investigation.

Special Prosecutor Changyoung Kwon is making a statement with deputy special prosecutors at the special prosecution office in Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, on February 25. Photo by Yonhap News

On April 20, the special prosecutor’s team announced to the media that they had begun conducting searches and seizures at the National Police Agency, the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency, and the Chuncheon Police Station that morning.

Previously, it was reported that in June 2022, the Chuncheon Police Station obtained information that Hak Ja Han, President of the Unification Church, and other church executives had engaged in gambling worth about 60 billion won at a casino in Las Vegas, USA, between 2008 and 2011. However, suspicions arose that the investigation was halted after intelligence related to the police investigation was leaked to the political sphere through the intervention of Kweon Seongdong, a member of the People Power Party.

The special prosecutor’s team led by Kim Keonhee began their investigation last July by conducting searches and seizures at the National Police Agency and other locations, and subsequently indicted Assemblyman Kweon and President Han. However, the investigation into police personnel, including those who leaked the information, has not been concluded.

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