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Shincheonji in Singapore: 2 ex-members share stories of secret classes, lies and deception
Two women share how they were enticed to join classes by the local chapter of a secretive S. Korean church now under probe by MHA.
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A man walking past a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, in Seoul.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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She was at an MRT station in central Singapore when two women in their 20s approached her. They exchanged contact numbers, met up for coffee and meals, and struck up a friendship over faith and understanding the Bible.
After several weeks, Shanice (not her real name), a university student, joined the duo - who were Korean - for Bible study classes in town three times a week.
