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This is the image of a church building in Daejeon where Mr. Yoo-mi Kang was detained for more than one month after being kidnapped by his family in the late hours of June 24^th 2018. He was placed in an entirely isolated area in what he said felt more like a research complex than a residential area. He had no contact with the outside world as his phone had been taken from him at the time of the kidnapping. He was placed under constant surveillance, unable to lock the door to the bathroom in case of escape. His family pressed him to sign in agreement to receiving coercive conversion education, but the more he rebelled, the more threats were made against him. This goes far beyond being a 'family matter', as the pastors of the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) allege in their defence. This is an outright violation of one's basic human rights.

After three weeks confinement, a male evangelist and three women found 20 books about Shincheonji Church of Jesus in his possession and transferred him to the above property: a rural house on Changnyeong Rd, Yeongcheon, Gyeonsangbuk-do province. His family pressed him to sign a compulsory conversion training agreement with the threat "If you don’t do this, you won't get out of here." After he signed, a telephone conversation with a 'pastor' responsible for delivering coercive conversion education was made to verify whether he was willing to accept this education. He replied bluntly that he was not. This process repeated itself three times until he eventually began education in the second week of July 2018. Kang’s situation was refused food for five days and cried alone for three weeks. But, in his words, “I couldn’t find a police officer even if I shouted...if a person disappears, how can the world remain quiet? This is the reality in the Republic of Korea."