Police have referred Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon of Sarang Jeil Church to the Prosecution Service on charges of spreading false information alleging that President Lee Jae Myung committed past sexual assaults and attended a juvenile detention center.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Metropolitan Investigation Division announced on the 22nd that Jeon was non-custodially referred to the Seoul Central District Prosecution Service on charges of defamation by stating false facts under the Information and Communications Network Act.
Jeon is accused of disseminating false information about President Lee on two occasions: once in July last year and again in May this year, during YouTube broadcasts.
According to police, on July 5 last year, Jeon claimed on his YouTube channel ‘Jeon Kwang-hoonTV’—citing a press conference statement by former U.S. Ambassador for International Criminal Justice Morse Tan—that President Lee participated in a group sexual assault near the Andong Dam in Gyeongbuk in the past. He also asserted that President Lee could not graduate from regular middle or high schools because he attended a juvenile detention center, forcing him to take the high school equivalency exam.
On May 10, during a live-streamed Sunday worship service at Sarang Jeil Church, Jeon stated, “Lee Jae Myung didn’t attend middle school or high school and took the high school equivalency exam at a juvenile detention center. How did he transfer to Chung-Ang University?”
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Police have referred Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon of Sarang Jeil Church to the Prosecution Service on charges of spreading false information alleging that President Lee Jae Myung committed past sexual a...