Coercive conversion on believers of minority faiths is tolerated, and even accepted, by parties with vested interests who label another's denomination a 'cult' and do not consider forced deprivation of one's basic freedoms an issue. Meanwhile, victims must endure bitter wounds of the heart that are not easily resolved, even decades later.

Victims of coercive conversion refuse to renounce their beliefs and 'convert' so that they uphold their faith, even though their pain and anger at how their family was torn apart through the programme remains. Victims express bitter pain as they testify to conversion pastors intentionally disturbing the peace of the family unit with slanderous accusations about the victim's faith, and going on to instruct one's family to proceed with abduction and confinement of their loved one.

I have suffered mental and physical scars from family breakdown and divorce caused by the human rights abuses of forced conversion programmes, which advocate for illegal acts of kidnap and confinement. The perpetrators are 'conversion businessmen' Mr. Shin, Mr. Kang, Mr. Jo, Mr. Han and Mr. Hwang.

I am writing this appeal with a grieving heart. Please resolve my pain.

These coercive conversion 'businessmen' shook my husband and family's confidence in me with false and outrageous accusations and distortions of facts. By giving my family direct instruction on how to carry out coercive conversion, they cut off all possible means of rational dialogue between my family and I, instilling in us a deep-rooted seed of fear with the statement that the conversion programme would last at least six months.

Upon the initial attempt to have me undergo forced conversion, I sustained a back fracture in my daughter's bedroom enroute to the rooftop.

Although I was promised this would never happen again, a second attempt was made six months later because I hadn't been 'converted'. The programme this time round was prepared in a more thorough and frightening way and involved uniting the pastors and congregation of the existing Church.

One afternoon, my husband tricked me into us collecting our kids at a particular time. Upon leaving home, two strong men took hold of me and pushed me into their car. Inside the car, I had to pee in a jar, which was humiliating. We arrived at the remote Natural Recreational Forest in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi province, where I was confined and forced to undergo the conversion programme.

These people were unscrupulous, blatantly discarding one's basic rights and knowingly leaving permanent scars on families. They were well aware of their illegal acts from the outset.

Manipulating the love of my parents and children, I eventually succumbed to signing the 'consent form' and was under continual pressure throughout the conversion programme as five hired thugs kept guard on me, positioning themselves  24/7 outside the building as I was confined.

My parents and (secondary school) children began telling me that I had fallen into a religious cult named Shincheonji and was now prone to 'giving away all our property, abandoning the family and causing a divorce'. My family was fed ludicrous and false lies.

I was made to feel psychotic, the victim of a strange cult and terribly irresponsible. This made my family fearful, fulfilling given orders for me to undergo coercive conversion. My parents and children, who had been deceived by such lies, did not treat me even like a human; rather as someone with a psychotic disorder who had to undergo forced treatment.

Because of this incident, seeds of hatred and division were sown deep into our family. Their eyes and ears had been blinded by a wall of pure disbelief. I was coerced into divorcing my husband, and my family broke down.

How on earth did this happen? Is it OK to destroy the basic rights of an individual and family in a liberal, democratic country like South Korea where religious freedom is stipulated within the constitution, for the sole reason of being a believer at Shincheonji Church?

Who is to blame for this fact? Who will compensate me for the psychological and physical anguish my family and I have suffered, and the financial aftermath of this coercive conversion programme?

Worst of all, my beloved family has been ripped apart. It's so painful that I just want to escape and die.

Even now as we, victims, share our experiences through the media, these unscrupulous acts continue to be carried out. My sincere wish is that you punish these inhumane conversion 'businessmen' through a fair and just trial, so that the true nature of their sin will be thoroughly exposed. May a tragic experience like mine never be re-lived within society.