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Court cancels bail granted to Unification Church leader

A court on Tuesday canceled a bail granted to Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja after she left a designated hospital without permission, legal sources said. The Seoul High Court decided to revoke the bail of 83-year-old Han, who was sentenced to a two-year prison term for bribing the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and other corruption charges, as she was found to have visited a…

Court cancels bail granted to Unification Church leader

The Korea Times reports that a Seoul High Court has canceled bail granted to Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, who was previously sentenced to two years in prison for corruption charges. Han's bail was revoked after she left a designated hospital without permission, as she had visited a Unification Church compound. The court's decision comes following her conviction for bribery, involving the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, and for colluding with former church officials to give money to a political representative.

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