Kim Seong Kook

Pastor Kim Seong Kook of Villa Angela Subdivision, Bacolod City, who sought the help of the NBI against Korean businessmen Ha Hae Bong of Pamplona town, Negros Oriental, is facing rape and acts of lasciviousness cases filed against him by members of his congregation, Alex Mirano, the lawyer of the complainants, confirmed yesterday.

Osmeña was referring to the case where an NBI team from Bacolod City, on the requests of Korean pastor Kim Seong Kook, served a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms issued by a Cebu Regional Trial Court to Korean businessman Ha Hae Bong, also known as Michael Ha at the Pamplona Plantation Resort on Feb. 4.

Pastor Kim Seong Kook of Villa Angela Subdivision, Bacolod City, who sought the help of the NBI against Korean businessmen Ha Hae Bong of Pamplona town, Negros Oriental, is facing rape and acts of lasciviousness cases filed against him by members of his congregation, Alex Mirano, the lawyer of the complainants, confirmed yesterday.
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Kim was alleged to be with one of the agents in the NBI vehicle that was able to escape when the rest of the NBI team members were hogtied.

Kim had earlier filed facing charges against Ha for carnapping, theft, estafa and robbery, Bacolod Acting City Prosecutor Arlene Catherine Dato confirmed yesterday.
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Kim filed the complaints against Ha for allegedly taking his Revo vehicle, documents, $3,000, and items from his church.

Lea Bonbon, manager of the Pamplona resort where the NBI had attempted to serve the search warrant, said Kim had sought the help of the Korean businessman when his parishioners filed complaints against him in November.
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The teenagers, who were among the young people at the church of Kim Seong Kook, said in their affidavits that he was known to them as "Moksanim."

One 16-year-old alleged in her affidavit that she was sexually molested by Rev. Kim inside his vehicle on Nov 6, 2005, and on Nov. 14 when she lost consciousness and was brought to Jade Court II in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.

She said that on Nov. 6, she was walking home from Sunday service when the pastor passed by in his Revo vehicle and said he would give her a ride home.

When the vehicle neared her house, she said the pastor invited her to go with him to eat but when they reached Banga Pepsi, Barangay Bata, he parked the Revo and moved to the back seat where she was seated.

"He lectured me about the need to study well, and I was surprised when he kissed me on the lips and touched my breast," she said.

"I pushed his hand away and he said 'Sorry you're so very small, you're my baby and I will adopt you someday'," she said.

"He then touched my legs and said 'you're too small' and transferred to the front seat of the vehicle, and dropped me off near my house," she added.

She said she did not know what to do and did not tell her parents what happened.

On Nov. 14, 2005 she said she was surprised to see the pastor at the gate of her school and he invited her to lunch.

When she got in his vehicle he handed her some mineral water, which she drank because she was thirsty, but she soon felt faint and when she woke up, she was on a bed, naked.

When she tried to get up, she said, she felt pain and saw blood on the bed and on a towel and she wanted to cry and shout but she was afraid of "Moksanim".

She said he then dropped her at the Plaza Mart area in Bacolod City.

Bobon claimed that Kook might have paid the NBI agents to raid the resort in retaliation against Michael Ha, head of the corporation, which is managing the facility.
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Bobon said the raid had an ill purpose and Pastor Kim was behind it.
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Bobon said on December 14, 2004, Pastor Kim returned to the Philippines and telephoned Ha for help saying his wife was admitted to hospital.
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Bobon said Pastor Kim then accused him of carnapping his Revo van, stealing US$3,000 in his room, and estafa.
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On seeing the PNP force starting to arrest the 'agents, the Ford Everest van allegedly with Pastor Kim and two agents inside escaped despite efforts by Balimbingan to block its departure.

This prompted the resort owners to file kidnapping charges against the NBI-Bacolod agents, including Kim Seong Kook, a Korean Presbyterian pastor from Beach-Maple St., Villa Angela Subdivision, Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod.
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But when a group of policemen led by Senior Inspector Julius Muñez arrived, the van where Kook, Arellano and two others were boarding drove off bringing along the firearms they have confiscated from the guards.

It was also alleged that the raiding team was accompanied by another Korean, Pastor Kim Seong Kook of Bacolod City, identified as the complainant against Ha for estafa, carnapping, robbery and theft.

Kim reportedly fled before the mauling happened.He was said to have financed the NBI operation.

Ironically, Kim himself is facing multiple charges of rape and sexual abuse filed by members of his Church, including those from two 16-year-old girls before the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office.