Many followers were allegedly subjected to beatings and brutal rituals purportedly aimed at driving out evil spirits.
A South Korean doomsday cult leader has been sentenced to six years in prison for detaining her followers in Fiji and subjecting them to violence and barbaric rituals.
Some followers, who escaped the Fiji compound, told journalists that those who attempted to leave the church were subjected to severe public beatings known as “ground thrashing”. “This is outrageous! Tell them to stop lying. Knock it off! We are all angry”, a female follower shouted at journalists, when they tried to get a comment from her.
“A son beat his father 100 to 200 times at a ground thrashing session,” a former follower told a South Korean TV programme. Another congregant was hit more than 600 times and he died after returning home, another witness said.
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