Raid conducted on company handling the PPP database reveals a noted list of 110,000 suspected adherents of the Unification Church, as affirmed by the special counsel.
The People Power Party (PPP) is currently under investigation following a raid by Special Counsel Min Joong-ki's team. The raid was carried out in response to allegations that Unification Church members joined the PPP en masse to support a particular candidate in the party's leadership race in 2023.
The special counsel team has confirmed a list of approximately 110,000 suspected Unification Church members. This confirmation came after a crosscheck of a list of 5 million PPP members with a roster of 1.2 million Unification Church members, which showed an overlap of some 110,000 individuals.
However, the PPP declined to confirm the exact number of individuals whose membership list was seized during the raid. In its statement, the party acknowledged the seizure of the list but did not provide a specific figure.
The special counsel team has not released a statement about the specific focus of their investigation following the raid. They have also not commented on whether they will be investigating the involvement of former first lady Kim Keon Hee in the alleged mass joining of Unification Church members to the People Power Party, which the team suspects may have been requested through a shaman in November 2022.
The exact date when the suspected members of the Unification Church joined the People Power Party has not been publicly specified. The special counsel team is expected to focus on the timeline of when the suspected Unification Church members joined the People Power Party to investigate the allegations.
It is unclear how many of the 110,000 suspected church members had voting rights for the 2023 leadership race. An estimated 740,000 party members had voting rights for the race, but it remains to be seen how this number is affected by the suspected mass joining of Unification Church members.
The company in question manages the membership database of the People Power Party. The raid was conducted against this company, but the special counsel team has not released any information about the potential consequences for the individuals or the party if the allegations are found to be true.
The PPP has not commented on whether they believe the allegations of Unification Church members joining the party to support a particular candidate are valid. The special counsel team has not released any statements about the potential implications of their investigation for the party or its leadership.
As the investigation continues, more details are expected to emerge about the alleged mass joining of Unification Church members to the People Power Party and the potential involvement of former first lady Kim Keon Hee.
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