21 members of South Korean ‘doomsday cult' arrested in Singapore
Twenty-one members of a controversial South Korean sect have been arrested in Singapore and accused of operating illegally despite being warned by the police, the Home Affairs ministry announced yesterday.
Ranging in age from 22 to 31, they were arrested Monday on charges of belonging to an "unlawful society" and engaging in improper activities connected to South Korea's Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle, the ministry said in a statement. The nationalities of those arrested were not disclosed.
