Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the authorities complicated in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Tuesday known as for measures to root out the “evils” of non secular cults, citing their rising connections to political and legal teams.
Kim made the comment throughout a Cupboard assembly as a joint police-prosecution investigation is beneath manner into varied allegations of bribery among the many Unification Church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus and politicians.
“Pseudo-religions are social evils that have to be eradicated,” he mentioned, alluding to the alleged corrupt ties between the Unification Church and former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration and the involvement of cults in abroad crimes.
“If we depart them like this, they are going to change into severe evils on a nationwide scale,” he mentioned. “Along with an intensive joint investigation into the Unification Church, Shincheonji and different teams, I would really like all ministries to discover methods to eradicate the evils of pseudo-religions of their respective fields.”
President Lee Jae Myung has beforehand known as for strict investigations into alleged corruption between non secular teams and politicians.
Throughout a gathering with religion leaders Monday, he expressed sympathy with their complaints that non secular sects are inflicting severe hurt not solely by way of their ties to politics but additionally on to bizarre residents.
