The police investigation into the Unification Church's alleged bribing of political figures intensified Monday, with sweeping searches conducted across religious sites and lawmakers’ residences as the scandal deepened into a full-blown political confrontation.
The special investigation team of the National Police Agency began executing search and seizure warrants at around 9 a.m. at 10 locations, including the Unification Church headquarters in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, its Seoul headquarters in Yongsan, and the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, where church leader Han Hak-ja and former global headquarters chief Yun Young-ho are currently held.
Police also searched the home and National Assembly office of former Oceans Minister and Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Rep.
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