Jeong Gained-ju, middle, former chief of employees to Unification Church chief Han Hak-ja, arrives on the Korean Nationwide Police Company to be questioned about bribery allegations involving Han and politicians, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap
Police investigating the Unification Church’s alleged bribery of politicians questioned a former chief secretary of the church’s chief Han Hak-ja on Thursday.
Jeong Gained-ju, former chief of employees to Han, appeared on the Korean Nationwide Police Company (KNPA) at 9:43 a.m. earlier than being questioned as a witness about bribery allegations involving former Oceans Minister Chun Jae-soo and different politicians.
Jeong was recognized to be the second-highest rating official within the Unification Church and one in all Han’s most trusted aides. She was tight-lipped on the entrance of the KNPA when reporters requested a number of questions in regards to the suspected bribery.
The police are anticipated to intensively query Jeong about whether or not and the way tens of tens of millions of received in money and luxurious watches had been delivered to Chun, Rep. Lim Jong-seong of the ruling Democratic Get together of Korea and former United Future Get together lawmaker Kim Gyu-hwan between 2018 and 2020.
As well as, she is predicted to be questioned about whether or not there was an order from Han relating to a Unification Church basis’s buy of 500 books authored by Chun for 10 million received ($6,780) in 2019.
The police questioned Han on the Seoul Detention Middle on Wednesday in regards to the bribery allegations. Han has been in custody since September on a number of expenses, together with bribery, unlawful political donations and destruction of proof.
