JMS Geumsan Training Center Raided... Forced Investigation into Jeong Myeong-seok Sexual Assault Case

Prosecutors and police are conducting a search and seizure at the JMS Geumsan Training Center and other locations. This marks the beginning of a forced investigation into allegations of sexual assault against female followers by JMS President Jeong Myeong-seok.

According to the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency on the 23rd, the police are carrying out search and seizure operations at the JMS training center in Wolmyeong-dong, Geumsan-gun, Chungnam, as well as at Jeong's residence.

Earlier, in January, the police received complaints from three Korean female followers alleging that they were sexually assaulted and harassed by Jeong.

The police are expected to analyze the seized items obtained during the search and continue investigations into related matters, including charges against Jeong and his accomplices.

On the same day, the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office also dispatched investigators to the JMS training center and other locations to conduct simultaneous search and seizure operations alongside the police.

Meanwhile, Jeong was arrested and indicted on charges of molesting and sexually assaulting a female follower of Hong Kong nationality a total of 17 times between February 2018 and September 2021 at the Geumsan training center and other locations, and for touching specific body parts of an Australian female follower five times between July and December 2018 at the Geumsan training center (charges including quasi-rape).