[Shinchonji-LeeManHee] MBC PD Note‘s false broadcast and the truth

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MBC PD Note‘s false broadcast and the truth

If the media of a nation is upright, its nation and citizens will also be upright. No one should plant lies in peoples’ hearts nor should any lies be allowed to remain undisclosed. A public broadcast must not convey lies, and any false broadcasts should be shut down.Any false information that is broadcast via TV or radio must be corrected.

Twice, once on May 8^th and once on Dec 25^th, 2007, the program PD Note from the Korean TV broadcasting company MBC aired a program about Shinchonji Church of Jesus. The program focused on false reports of Shinchonji members abandoning their homes, breaking up their families, imprisoning and assaulting others, and embezzling money.

We at Shinchonji have evidence that proves the MBC PD Note broadcast to be false.

Both secular and Christian media groups have agreed with us on several occasions that the MBC PD Note program was full of lies. These other members of the press have officially broadcasted that MBC PD Note failed to convey accurate information about Shinchonji. Furthermore, prosecutors and police officers have also investigated this case and they have cleared Shinchonji of all suspicion. In utter disregard for this reality, MBC PD Note has refused to air a correction.

Since the PD Note broadcast has been proven to be false, all the spiteful comments regarding Shinchonji that have been posted in response on Internet cafes and church web sites should be deleted.

The following account reveals how MBC created their false broadcast about Shinchonji.

Mr. Shin was once a head pastor at one of the churches that belongs to the 12 tribes of Shinchonji Church of Jesus. He denied Jesus’ flesh and blood, Jesus’ words of promise, and even Jesus himself (Jn 6:51-57; Jn 14:13-14). Out of his greed for becoming the leader of Shinchonji by getting rid of its chairman, Mr. Shin created a DVD full of lies. He was finally expelled from Shinchonji for trying to organize this coup d'etat. After being expelled, Mr. Shin began to collaborate with Mr. Jin, who is a pastor known as an expert on cults. Mr. Jin has been performing conversion education programs, which are supposedly designed to bring Shinchonji members back to his denomination. Mr. Shin gave false information about Shinchinji to MBC PD Note. MBC PD Note followed Shin’s and Jin’s lead by implying on their program that Shinchonji has caused its members all sorts of family problems. In truth, all these problems arose because the actions of Mr. Shin and Mr. Jin. MBC PD Note has also disgraced itself by broadcasting baseless lies about embezzlement.

Mr. Jin and his followers have committed several illegal actions. They have demanded excessive amounts of money from the families of so-called Shinchonji victims for helping their family members escape (i.e. converting people from Shinchonji to a more “suitable” denomination). They forced victims to give up their studies and quit their jobs by locking them up during their conversion education programs. Mr. Jin and his followers have violated peoples’ freedom of religion, which is one of the most basic of human rights.

Roughly 100 Shinchonji members have returned to Shinchonji after being forced to attend the conversion education programs. After their return they have reported on the unlawful actions of Mr. Jin and his followers.

Having been deceived by the conversion education pastors, the parents of these young victims have forced them to give up their life of faith in Shinchonji. With utter disregard for the victims’ own feelings, their families have even imprisoned and beat them into submission. Often these continual assaults force the victims to run away from their own homes. The conversion education has caused so much dissension among family members that many families have become permanently broken. Their actions are only focused on converting people, and in this way they follow the traditions of Calvinism. Their actions disrupt societal order and harm Christianity.

If MBC PD Note wants to stand upright, they should broadcast a correction regarding the lies they told about Shinchonji. For the sake of this country and its citizens, they must stop hurting innocent believers. They should take responsibility for their actions and broadcast the truth.