An undated file picture of Jeong Myeong-seok offered by the Daejeon District Prosecutors Workplace / Yonhap
Prosecutors on Friday demanded imprisonment of 30 years for Jeong Myeong-seok, the chief of a controversial spiritual group, the Jesus Morning Star (JMS), in his enchantment trial.
The prosecution made such a requirement throughout Jeong’s trial held on the Daejeon Excessive Court docket within the central metropolis of Daejeon.
In December final yr, the Daejeon District Court docket sentenced Jeong to 23 years in jail after discovering him responsible of sexual assault and molestation involving three victims. He then lodged an enchantment in opposition to the sentence.
In Could, the prosecution moreover indicted Jeong on suspicion of committing sexual offenses in opposition to two different girls and the related trial has been held individually from the enchantment trial.
Jeong, who refers to himself because the Messiah, or the second coming of Jesus, was launched in 2018 after serving 10 years in jail for raping quite a lot of feminine followers and embezzling funds from JMS. (Yonhap)
