The cult leaders, who have had about 400 followers, relocated to the Fiji Islands in 2014 and are suspected to have assaulted 10 adherents in religious rituals known as "tajakmadang," or a threshing floor.  

Police also said they illegally confined the cult's followers, who lived in a group in the Pacific country. They confiscated the passports of members who wished to return home, police said.  

In their relocation to Fiji, the cult leaders swindled members out of about 200 million won (around $177,462), ostensibly to cover expenses related to visa issuance, police said.   

Some of the believers sent to prosecutors are charged with neglecting their duty to have their children receive compulsory education, as they took them to Fiji without sending them to school in South Korea.  

Police will come up with measures to bring home the cult's remaining followers in Fiji in consultation with the Foreign Ministry and Fijian authorities. (Yonhap)