President Han’s 29th Trial② — “The Unification Church’s Official Assessment” and “The Status of Witness Examination” Circulating on KakaoTalk (2026-06-14)
Regarding President Han Hak-ja’s 29th trial held on June 12, 2026, the Unification Church published a post titled “True Mother’s Court Appearance—‘A Resolute Declaration Toward the Truth and a Report on Court Proceedings’” in the “Hyojeong Briefing” dated June 13, 2026.
Given that the post was published under the name of Vice President Kim Dong-yeon—who is considered a central figure of the “New Four” (Choi Hyeong-seok, Kim Dong-yeon, Lee Gi-shik, and Kim Jae-hyeon)—it appears that Vice President Kim Dong-yeon is effectively serving as the public spokesperson.
However, it is generally appropriate for such content to be published in the name of the Association President or the Association itself; is the decision to publish it under the name of the Vice President not an excessive overreach of authority?
▶ Hyojeong Briefing
https://www.ffwp.org/list/blank_view.php?menuKey=106&numberKey=27767&page=1
(*The full text is provided at the end of this article for your reference.)
◆ Main Points of the “Hyojeong Briefing”
1. True Mother’s testimony and the core issues of the trial
According to the post, the defense is focusing on legally proving that this case (the indictment of President Han) arose from Yoon Young-ho’s arbitrary management style and personal misconduct. It is assessed that the defense identified decisive contradictions regarding the 100 million won payment to former lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong, thereby undermining the Special Prosecutor’s arguments.
Furthermore, since it was made clear in court that this was a solo act by Yoon Young-ho, who arbitrarily misappropriated church funds for personal gain, and that there was absolutely no instruction or collusion from True Mother, it appears to be judged that this will work in President Han’s favor.
2. Testimony from key figures supporting the defense’s arguments
A former executive who served as a close aide to Yoon Young-ho and was in charge of planning and operations reportedly testified that “the direction Yoon Young-ho was pushing for did not align with True Mother’s actual statements.”
Furthermore, they revealed that Yoon Young-ho had distributed his own internal guidelines—dubbed “Word interpretations”—which arbitrarily distorted and imposed True Mother’s pure religious messages to justify his unilateral actions, thereby proving that this constituted Yoon Young-ho’s personal misconduct.
Furthermore, a former executive in charge of finance at the World Headquarters revealed that the funds disbursed immediately prior to the presidential election were not based on True Mother’s instructions but were executed under direct orders from former Director-general Yoon Young-ho. He clarified that, under church regulations, the structure allowed for such disbursements to be executed solely at the discretion of former Director-general Yoon. This appears to reinforce the “theory of unilateral criminal conduct” (regarding former Director-general Yoon) and is expected to have a positive impact on President Han’s verdict.
3. Becoming Blessed Families who convey Heaven’s Providence
True Mother resolutely stated her position in court, but her health has not yet fully recovered.
Nevertheless, True Mother devoted the majority of her speaking time to conveying Heaven’s truth once again to everyone in the courtroom and to all humanity, transcending the worldly legal dispute.
Stating, “While enduring chest pain and physical discomfort, she expounded with her whole heart and soul on Heaven’s will and providence, as well as the true value of True Parents’ lives,” Vice President Kim Dong-yeon called upon everyone to believe in the power of truth and walk this path together with one heart.
While his arguments may have been intended to give hope to the members, they remain merely a subjective assessment of the 29th trial and, in reality, are likely to work against President Han Hak-ja from a legal standpoint.
Until the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office raided Yoon Young-ho’s home, the office of the Vice President of Sun Moon University, and the Chaplain’s Office on December 27, 2024, President Han Hak-ja trusted Yoon Young-ho more than her own son and had highly praised the work he had done.
However, as the incident escalated, the church side selectively highlighted Yoon Young-ho’s actions to portray them as individual misconduct, and on June 20, 2025, publicly expelled Yoon Young-ho and his wife from the church.
Subsequently, in September 2025, they attempted to coax Yoon Young-ho back through Director Kim Eun-sang, and Yoon Young-ho exposed this fact during President Han’s 15th trial held on March 10, 2026.
[Related posts]
▶ “Straight Talk on Right Arguments” (press material): Unification Church forces “compulsory expulsion” of former Director-general Yoon Young-ho and his wife (2025-06-20)
https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/as2X/459
▶ The purpose and repercussions of Yoon Young-ho’s “bombshell” testimony at President Han’s 15th trial (2026-03-11)
https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/as2X/715
If this had truly been a personal act of misconduct by Yoon Young-ho, there would have been no reason for the church to try to appease him by asking him to write a statement saying, “President Han did not give any (criminal) instructions,” and “President Han did not give (criminal) instructions, but merely provided retroactive approval.”
Furthermore, the fact that Yoon Young-ho’s defense counsel repeatedly confirmed this during President Han Hak-ja’s 29th trial placed President Han in an extremely disadvantageous position.
Overall, the legal team must have been fully aware that President Han Hak-ja’s own appearance as a witness would likely work against the court’s judgment.
Nevertheless, the fact that Vice President Kim Dong-yeon expressed his position to the members solely from a religious perspective through the “Hyojeong Briefing”—without the legal team’s views being presented—risks backfiring.
◆ “Witness examination evaluation and warning” by a certain member currently circulating on KakaoTalk is reckless
Following President Han’s 29th trial, a document expressing concern (?) over the status of witness examinations, the Presidential Office, and President Han Hak-ja’s health—while simultaneously attempting to pressure the court—is circulating on KakaoTalk.
Although this document is unrelated to the [Unification Church Anti-Corruption Monitoring Committee], I have decided to post it here for your reference.
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■ Regarding the Status of Witness Examination at True Mother’s Trial (June 12)
■ True Mother’s consistent testimony is the truth.
I believe the Special Prosecutor pressured and coerced Yoon Young-ho to fabricate the investigation.
■ It has been reported that the Special Prosecutor’s office pressured Mayor Jeong Seong-cheol, inducing him to make false statements regarding Assemblyman Kim Seon-gyo and the then-county governor, thereby fabricating the investigation; he reportedly made a declaration of conscience in his suicide note and took his own life.
■ True Mother’s health condition makes life in detention center virtually impossible
She is effectively blind due to heart disease (atrial fibrillation) and stage 4 macular degeneration. On top of having difficulty walking due to meniscus surgery on her knee, she is unable to move her arm due to bone graft surgery for a fractured left shoulder.
Both the court and the Special Prosecutor’s Office are aware of this situation, and the Presidential Office is also aware, as I have conveyed the details through the National Police Agency’s Intelligence Bureau.
I cannot help but feel outrage that it took more than 30 days after the fracture for it to finally be discovered at Asan Medical Center—what on earth were the visiting attorneys and the Legal Affairs Department doing?
Despite my repeated insistence that “a second-generation attorney should be appointed as the visiting attorney,” Kim Eun-sang and the legal team continued to turn a deaf ear. As a result, the fracture site opened up, leading to a dangerous condition requiring bone graft surgery.
I am at a loss for words to describe how True Mother endured that excruciating pain, which cut to the bone, for over a month.
■ The Legal Affairs Department of the Central Administration Office has twice removed second-generation lawyers and replaced them with non-experts. The resulting harm is precisely what has manifested in this current situation.
■ The Legal Affairs Department must immediately reform its structure to center on second-generation lawyers, who are legal experts.
■ The shoulder fracture, sustained while she was unable to see ahead and had difficulty walking, is believed to have worsened after she was injured in a collision in the court waiting room on February 28 and subsequently struck the injured area twice more while at the Seoul Detention Center.
■ Looking at the situation in yesterday’s trial
Even if the Special Prosecutor’s Office were to seek a prison term of three years or more, given True Mother’s health condition, life in detention center is simply impossible. Therefore, even if Judge Woo In-seong were to take the Presidential Office’s intentions into account, I believe it would be difficult to hand down a prison sentence of three years or more.
If the sentence is three years or more, under the provisions of the Criminal Code, a suspended sentence will not be granted, and she must serve her time in prison.
■ No matter how malicious the judge may be…
Even if the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Presidential Office are attempting to destroy the Unification Church, and even if they push through with this despite the fact that, frankly speaking, her health condition makes it likely she will die in prison, this raises a matter of human rights—a universal value of humanity.
Should such a situation arise, the Unification Church would have a justifiable reason to fight with our lives on the line.
At that point, even if we fight with all our might, the general public will understand us, and the judiciary and the Presidential Office will face a major backlash.
In conclusion, we must stop at all costs—even at the risk of our lives—a trial outcome that would unfortunately lead to death in prison.
■ Watching the incompetence and misconduct of the current leadership fills me with rage, and I feel like I want to sweep them all away right now.
However, faced with a providential crisis of uncertain outcome, I feel we must not end up “trying to straighten a cow’s crooked horn only to kill the cow itself” (*the four-character idiom “kyo kak sal woo”)… so I am enduring.
This is an issue that must be resolved without fail after True Mother returns.
2026-06-14
Choi Jong-keun
[Unification Church Anti-Corruption Monitoring Committee]
*As this document was generated by AI, it may contain typos or mistranslations.
■ Pres. Han’s 29th Trial—Key Points and Her Opening Statement (2026-06-13)
https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/cRwZ/29
■ Pres. Han 24th Trial ②—SP and Yoon Cross-Exam Cho Seong-il (2026-05-10)
https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/cRwZ/17
True Mother’s Court Appearance
“A Resolute Declaration Toward the Truth and a Report on the Trial’s Progress”
In June of Cheon Il Guk Year 14, the sincere devotion of all members is being gathered for True Mother’s health and the restoration of the church’s honor.
Amid the members’ earnest prayers, True Mother has gradually regained her strength and was finally able to attend the trial on June 12.
We would like to summarize True Mother’s journey—having risen from her sickbed to reveal the truth—and the proceedings of the trial.
True Mother’s testimony and the core issues of the trial
True Mother, who attended the June 12 trial in person, immediately after taking the witness oath, stated,
“I have never given 100 million won to Kwon Seong-dong. I have also never given gifts to First Lady Kim Keon-hee. Furthermore, I have never provided political funds to politicians.”
She thus firmly and clearly denied the core allegations in the indictment.
She then clarified that this situation originated from the false claims and baseless allegations made by former Director-general (Yoon Young-ho).
Subsequently, the defense team pointed out that the Special Prosecutor had distorted the concepts of “Cheon Il Guk (Heavenly Kingdom)” and “Restoration of the Nation”—which are the religious vision unique to the church—into secular political lobbying activities, and focused on legally proving that this case arose from former Director-general Yoon’s arbitrary work practices and personal misconduct.
In particular, the defense team pointed out that former Director-general (Yoon) had consistently adhered to an arbitrary and capricious work style in which he would act first without obtaining prior approval and report only after results were achieved.
Crucially, they identified a major contradiction—namely, that nowhere in the “Special Report” file from that day, presented as key evidence, was there any mention of providing funds to former lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong—thereby undermining the opposing side’s claims.
In this way, the defense team asserts that they have made it clear in court that this case was a solo act committed by former Director-general (Yoon)—who was the most powerful figure in the church—to maintain his own power and accumulate personal wealth through the arbitrary misappropriation of church funds, and that there was absolutely no instruction or collusion from True Mother.
Testimony from key figures supporting the defense’s arguments
During recent court proceedings, the factual basis for the defense’s core arguments has been further clarified by specific testimony from witnesses who were responsible for finances and operations at the time.
A former executive who served as a close aide to former Director-general (Yoon) and was in charge of planning testified that “the direction Yoon Young-ho was pushing did not align with True Mother’s actual statements.”
Furthermore, he revealed that Yoon Young-ho had even distributed his own internal guidelines—dubbed “Word Interpretations”—which arbitrarily distorted and imposed True Mother’s pure religious messages to justify his unilateral actions, thereby proving that this incident was a personal act of misconduct committed in the name of True Mother.
A former executive in charge of finance at the World Headquarters clarified that the funds disbursed immediately prior to the presidential election were not based on True Mother’s instructions but were executed under direct orders from former Director-general Yoon, and that under church regulations, the structure allowed for such disbursements to be approved solely by the former Director-general, thereby reinforcing the “theory of unilateral criminal acts.”
Furthermore, the staff members in charge of finance accused former Director-general (Yoon) and his wife of engaging in irregular accounting practices—including double-billing for personal expenses and the purchase of luxury brand items ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of won—as well as personal embezzlement.
They also pointed out that there was a practice of making opaque funding requests under the guise of “mission support expenses” and other categories without attaching specific supporting documents, revealing that opaque fund disbursements were taking place among staff members within the top-down organizational structure.
Becoming Blessed Families who convey Heaven’s Providence
Dear beloved members.
True Mother stated her position resolutely in court, but her health has not yet fully recovered.
However, True Mother devoted most of her time to conveying Heaven’s truth once again to everyone in the courtroom and to all humanity, transcending the controversy over secular legal truths.
Even amidst the anguish of a heavy heart and physical pain, she spoke with her whole heart and soul about Heaven’s will and providence, as well as the true value of True Parents’ lives.
After the trial concluded, Mother immediately returned to the hospital and is once again devoting herself to recovery and treatment.
We ask all members to join together in prayer for Mother’s complete recovery.
We must not be shaken by the turmoil in the courtroom, but rather inherit the noble will of True Mother, who testified to Heaven’s providence with her whole heart and soul.
Let us wholeheartedly embrace True Mother’s wish—that we testify to our identity and responsibility as the Chosen People, and to the value of the lives of True Parents and Blessed Families—and become the strongest pillars supporting True Mother’s solitary struggle.
Let us believe in the power of truth and walk this path together with one heart. Aju.
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, Association Vice President, Kim Dong-yeon
E-mail : hjbriefing@gmail.com