Shin Ok-ju: S Korean doomsday cult leader jailed for six years (BBC)

The leader of a South Korean doomsday cult has been sentenced to six years in jail for holding her followers captive in Fiji and subjecting them to violence.

Shin Ok-ju, who founded the Grace Road Church, convinced 400 people to move to Fiji in 2014, claiming they would be safe from imminent natural disaster

Once there, their passports were taken away and many of them reported being beaten to “drive out evil spirits”.

Shin was arrested last July. Read more

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