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South Korean cult leader Shin Ok-ju jailed for holding followers captive in Fiji
Shin Ok-ju, the founder of Grace Road Church, warned of impending war, famine and natural disaster and convinced her followers to move to the South Pacific island to survive.
Once in Fiji, her followers had their passports taken away from them and some were subjected to violent beatings.
Shin was arrested after flying into Seoul on July 24 2018 on charges of forced confinement and physical assault, South Korean police said at the time. Three of her followers were also detained.
Authorities then had to grapple with how to repatriate church members from Fiji, where they said many had been stranded without documents.
A South Korean court found Shin guilty of 9 charges including assault, imprisonment, fraud, child abuse and ordering child neglect on Monday.
"The defendant not only committed assault and imprisonment but committed fraud, child abuse and ordering of child neglect," the judge said in the sentencing paper, obtained by CNN. "The victims, on top of the sufferings listed in the indictment, had lost their family or suffered mental trauma. "
Child victims "had been rid of education and caring from the early age and had suffered greatly in proper growth and personal development," the ruling said.
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