Sensational information about Shinzo Abe's murder came out
New sensational information has emerged about the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It is said that the church has a link with the high-profile murders. Even the current political instability in Japan is linked to the church. A report by Al Jazeera said this, citing investigators.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was given a state funeral on Tuesday (September 27), nearly two months after the assassination. On this day, Japan bid farewell to the former Prime Minister with floral tributes, prayers and 19 gunshots at the Nippon Budokan Indoor Arena in the capital of Tokyo.
Abe's funeral ceremony was attended by about 700 foreign dignitaries including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US Vice President Kamala Harris. On the other hand, another protest took place near the venue objecting to the high cost of the funeral.
Al Jazeera published an important report on the day of Abe's funeral. And that's where new and sensational information emerges. Investigators say Shinzo Abe was not the first target of killer Tetsuya Yamagami. His main target was Hak Ja Han Moon, the leader of a religious group based in South Korea called the 'Unification Church'. But the coronavirus pandemic interrupted his plans.
The Unification Church was founded in 1954 by Ha Ja Han Moon's husband Sun Myung Moon. A decade later it branched out to Japan as well. Hak Jan Han Moon came to lead the church after Sun Myung Moon's death in 2012. He often came to Japan to run the organization. But he stopped coming to Japan due to various restrictions at the border during the Corona epidemic.
Tetsuya had a grudge against Hak Ja Han Moon or the Unification Church. The reason for this, he said, is that the church is responsible for his family's financial woes. There are allegations against this church of forcefully taking donations from people.
A day before Abe was shot dead (July 7), Tetsuya sent a letter to a blogger who wrote criticism of the Unification Church. In that he mentioned the reason for killing Abe. In the letter, Tetsuya said it was 'impossible' to kill Hak Ja Han Moon. And although Abe is not 'my real enemy', he is one of the biggest fans of the Unification Church.
The next day (July 8), 41-year-old Tetsuya shot Shinzo Abe while speaking at a political event in Nara, Japan. Abe died a few hours later. Abe's unexpected and sudden death shocked Japan as well as the whole world.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hastily announced after Abe's assassination that a state funeral would be held for Abe. Days after the assassination, the people of Japan voted the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to victory in the upper house of the Japanese parliament.
The Japanese mourned Abe's untimely death. But their grief soon turns to anger. This is because Abe and his party LDP and South Korea-based Unification Church Dahram-Mahram information appeared one after another in the Japanese media. Horrible information about the church's forced collection of donations also emerged. Due to which many citizens of Japan became very calm.
The assassin Tetsuya was arrested on the day of Abe's murder. In the interrogation, he also told the reason for killing Abe. He told police he killed Abe because of his support for a religious group in South Korea.
Prime Minister Kishida's popularity halved almost overnight as such information came to light. Abe's approval rating, which was 67 percent at the time of the assassination, dropped to just 29 percent in mid-September. Even his political future is now under threat.
Sun Myung Moon founded a religious organization called The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (also known as the Unification Church) in Seoul, South Korea in 1954.
About a decade later, in 1968, he opened a branch called the International Federation for Victory over Communism in the country with the help of the then Prime Minister of Japan, Nobusuke Kishi. Shinzo Abe's grandfather Nabusuke and Sun Myeong Moon were friends.
Although it is a religious organization, its activities in Japan are very similar to political organizations. Abe's party, the LDP, has massive influence. According to a Washington Post report, at least a dozen ministries of the LDP are controlled by the Unification Church.
