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Lee Man-hee case: primary sources

This page lists the primary sources underlying every factual claim on this site. Where a claim is an allegation, that is noted. We link to original reporting wherever possible.

News reporting

Yonhap News (English) Voluntary questioning (4 Jun) Read · Archived
Yonhap News (English) Warrant application and allegations (22 Jun) Read · Archived
Yonhap News (English) Indictment (29 Jun) Read · Archived
Reuters Arrest and warrant hearing (24 Jun) Read · Archived
Asia Economy (English) Detention-legality review dismissed (28 Jun) Read · Archived
Korea JoongAng Daily Indictment (Political Parties Act; obstruction of business) Read · Archived
Korea Times Investigators' enrollment figure — at least 56,472 members, an allegation not ruled on by any court Read · Archived
SBS News (English) Court's stated grounds; cooperation and assistance at the hearing Read · Archived
Korea Herald Enrollment figure corroboration — at least 56,472, July 2021 – January 2024 (24 Jun) Read · Archived
Hankyung (한국경제) Enrollment figure and period-by-period breakdown (29 Jun) Read · Archived
Herald Economy (헤럴드경제) Additional indictment of Mr. Lee and seven officials (13 Jul) Read · Archived
Hankook Ilbo (한국일보) Additional indictment — 13 July 2026 Read · Archived
Newsis (뉴시스) First trial hearing scheduled for 24 July 2026 (7 Jul) Read · Archived

Ministerial statement (29 June 2026)

Minister of Justice — Jeong Seong-ho Primary source: the Minister's public post on the case (official Facebook account), 29 Jun Facebook
Newsis (뉴시스) Independent confirmation of the Minister's statement (30 Jun) Read · Archived
Kukmin Ilbo (국민일보) Independent confirmation of the Minister's statement (30 Jun) Read · Archived

Church statement on health (24–25 June 2026)

These outlets report that the church made this statement; no independent medical assessment of Mr. Lee's condition has been published.

News1 (뉴스1) Church statement on Mr. Lee's health and detention conditions Read · Archived
Law Times (법률신문) Church statement, reported in the legal press Read · Archived

COVID-19 case history

Korea Herald / Korea Times Supreme Court upholds acquittal on the COVID-obstruction charge (12 Aug 2022) Archive · Archived

Standards referenced

ICCPR Article 9 Liberty and security of person OHCHR
General Comment No. 35 UN Human Rights Committee — Article 9, liberty and security OHCHR
UN Tokyo Rules Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures OHCHR
UN Nelson Mandela Rules Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners UNODC

Canonical citations for each standard are reproduced in the appendix of the Issue Brief PDF; the links above point to the official UN texts.

Secondary & advocacy coverage

Listed for completeness and clearly distinguished from primary reporting. These are secondary or advocacy sources and are not relied on for the established facts above.

TV47 Secondary coverage Visit
Bitter Winter Advocacy coverage of religious-liberty issues Visit

A note on links

Live links point to original reporting wherever possible; a secondary Archived link beside each points to a Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) snapshot, so every claim stays verifiable even if a Korean news URL later moves. If a link breaks, the outlet and date are sufficient to locate the report. Corrections are noted openly — see About.