Moon Banned to Enter Bulgaria

Sophia News Agency/October 26, 2005

The Interior Ministry has banned the entry of South Korean religious guru Moon into Bulgaria.

"The Ministry of Interior finds the presence of Sun Myung Moon in Bulgaria undesirable," according to a press release of the ministry on Wednesday.

The Rev. Moon is under a coercive administrative measure according to the foreign nationals in Bulgaria law, which bars him from entering Bulgarian territory.

Sun Myung Moon was reported to have intentions to travel to Sofia in his private plane. He is expected to read a lecture on world peace, and then wed symbolically a close circle of followers.