Dealing With False Accusations (Job Lesson 11)

No one likes being accused of something they didn’t do, especially when there are severe penalties involved. A fishermen named Cheong in South Korea can testify to this. He and several other fishermen were detained in North Korea in 1965 for fishing in a disputed waterway. 17 years later Cheong was detained in South Korea for 13 days being accused of spying for the North. He was released 13 days later only to be picked up again 38 days later and imprisoned. Cheong was tortured and confessed under duress to charges he was not guilty of. He spent 15 years in prison. After his release he stayed under government surveillance for some time after that. Years later Cheong was proven innocent and awarded $2.2M by the government that had wrongfully accused him.

Long before this unfortunate incident with a fisherman in South Korea, there was an innocent man named Job who was repeatedly and wrongfully accused by his friends of wrongdoing. We’ve looked at some of his story in previous lessons. In this lesson we will pick up where we left off and see what we can learn about dealing with false accusations. Thanks for tuning in!