105-Man Incident
Lead Christian members of Sinminhoe (a Korean independence movement) were specifically targeted in the arrests, and as a result, the organization was dissolved.In particular, notable activists Kim Ku, Cha Yi-seok, and Yang Jeon-baek were imprisoned.A trial of 123 defendants held on June 28, 1912, took place without evidence and confessions were extracted under torture.[citation needed] Initially, westerners were accepting of the incident as they had a favorable view of the Japanese and thought it might be necessary in the time of change.However, when the missionaries began feeling victimized, they distanced themselves from the Japanese government and outside pressure finally forced them to grant amnesty to the prisoners in 1915.