Singapore arrests 21 members of South Korean 'cult' church group

Spasie Enrichment, a front company incorporated by the Singapore chapter of the South Korean church, known as the Shincheonji Church.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE - Twenty-one men and women from the unregistered local chapter of a secretive South Korean church were arrested for allegedly being members of an unlawful society, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday (Nov 11).

The nine men, aged between 22 and 31 years old, and 12 women, aged between 21 and 49 years old, were arrested by police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department on Monday, said the MHA.