Police Summon Unification Church Korea Association President for Questioning

The police, who are investigating allegations of political lobbying by the Unification Church, have been summoning key executives of the organization one after another.

On December 31, the Special Investigation Task Force of the National Office of Investigation at the Korean National Police Agency announced that they had questioned Song Yongcheon, President of the Unification Church Korea Association, as a reference the previous day.

President Song previously served as Chairman of Sunhak Academy and as the head of the Japanese General Assembly of the Unification Church. On December 11, he issued a statement on behalf of the denomination regarding the political lobbying allegations, saying, "We apologize for failing to prevent the unilateral deviation of former World Headquarters Director Yoon Youngho."

Additionally, on the same day, the police summoned Park, Chairman of the World Peace Road Foundation-a group related to the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel project of the Unification Church-for questioning as a reference.

Chairman Park is the successor to Song Gwangseok, former President of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), who was referred to the prosecution the previous day along with President Han Hakja on charges of violating the Political Funds Act.