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In September 2009, the Chinese government produced a 33-minute documentary about Jeong Myeong-seok and his cult.  The documentary is important because it shows for the first time footage of Jeong in police custody in China and also for the first time footage offering glimpses into Jeong's lifestyle while a fugitive in China.

I was watching some Moonie videos on YouTube recently and this little section from a longer interview made me sit up and take notice. One of those "Did he just say what I thought he said?" moments that happen a lot when you check out material published by cults. The segment, buried in the middle of a 3 part 30 minute interview, seemed to cry out for its own video and I was happy to oblige....

A JMS member made legal history in Korea by becoming the first former prosecutor to be denied a lawyer's license. Mr. Lee was dismissed from his job as prosecutor for threatening Jeong's critics and victims and for providing Jeong with confidential information regarding his victims and the investigations into his crimes.

On Wednesday February 20, 2008, Jeong Myeong-seok set foot on Korean soil for the first time since he fled rape allegations almost ten years earlier. The following is one of several articles published at the time, and below is a news clip from SBS (Korean) TV showing Jeong's arrival at Incheon airport.

After some 8 years a fugitive - and after a lucky escape from Hong Kong in 2003, Jeong's fugitive existence finally came to an end in early May 2007. The Australian newspaper was one of the first to confirm Jeong's arrest:

On April 18, 2006, a press conference was held in Seoul by JMS victims accusing Jeong of rape. While the news was not reported in the Western media, an English article appears on wikipedia.

In August 2003 Jeong was tracked down by members of the Korean anti-JMS NGO Exodus who led Hong Kong immigration officials to Jeong. Jeong was arrested for entering Hong Kong illegally, but surprisingly was released on $US100,000 bail. Upon posting bail he promptly, and not very surprisingly, disappeared. He would remain at large until May 2007.