South Korea revokes Unification Church leader’s bail after secret visits exposed

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Han Hak-ja was granted bail on condition that she stay in hospital, but recent footage shows her being driven to the church headquarters

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A South Korean court revoked the Unification Church leader’s bail in a bribery case on Tuesday after footage emerged of her visiting the secretive movement’s headquarters in breach of release conditions.

Han Hak-ja, 83, was

sentenced to two years in prisonin August for providing luxury items, including a designer handbag, to former first lady Kim Keon-hee while her husband

Yoon Suk-yeolwas president, in an attempt to secure policy favours.

She was granted bail two months later on health grounds, on condition that she stay at a Seoul hospital.

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