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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 03:41 PM
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Sumthin's going down in N.Korea. RevMoon's #2 arrested for fraud there.
Edited on Wed Jul-21-04 03:42 PM by blm
Moon has been Bush's liaison to N.Korea. I doubt this arrest for fraud is the ONLY story.


http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200407/20/200407202340333879900090409041.html


Cult leader detained on fraud charges



Park Bo-hi, 74, allegedly the second-ranking official of the Unification Church, has been arrested and detained by prosecutors in Seoul on charges of fraud. The church was founded by Rev. Moon Sun Myung, a controversial religious figure who has called himself the "son of God."

Mr. Park allegedly received 2 billion won ($1.7 million) from a real estate developer in December after promising the developer the rights to build an apartment complex on land in Guri, Gyeonggi province, owned by Ilhwa Corp., a food processing company owned by the church. The sum was a down payment for the sale of the land, prosecutors said.


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Mr. Park was the key official in arranging for Rev. Moon to meet the late North Korean dictator, Kim Il Sung, in Pyeongyang. He founded the Washington Times, a church-owned daily newspaper in Washington, D.C. in 1982; he was also the publisher and president of the Segye Ilbo, a Seoul daily, from 1991 to 1993.

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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 03:44 PM
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1. Whoa.
I have a feeling that the whole Moon empire is going to unravel, and that it is going to be a messy, dirty, and dangerous time for a number of people as a result.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 03:53 PM
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2. They may have been scamming for Bush and failed BIGTIME.
Imagine if NK suddenly decided to give up all nuclear weapons to Bush before the election.

I have no doubt they have been TRYING to do this and were using Moon's influence to pull it off.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 04:37 PM
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3. Or maybe...
SK is fed up with Bush, Moon, NK... And plans to take them all down.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 04:39 PM
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4. I know it's something.
WAY more than this fraud story, that's for sure.

Looking forward to moonwatcher's take on this. He usually nails it right off.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 04:40 PM
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5. Moon is a freak
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