Attorneys who’ve lengthy accused the Unification Church of aggressive donation-collecting practices in Japan have pushed again towards the church’s declare that it reformed its methods in 2009, when it confronted police scrutiny over the difficulty.

The highlight has fallen on donations to the church following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the suspect within the taking pictures has reportedly advised police that he focused the previous prime minister as a result of he believed Abe to be linked to the church, which the suspect blames for inflicting his mom’s chapter because of its forceful pursuit of donations.