Politics · South Korea · 23 mins ago
South Korean special prosecutor searches Seoul election-materials site
A special prosecutor team investigating South Korea’s National Election Commission searched a storage site in Seoul on October 27.
The team is examining problems including a shortage of ballot papers in the June 3 local elections.
The search took place at Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, where election-related materials are kept.
Investigators seized election documents and CCTV footage from the site.
These materials may help the team examine how the election was handled.
The team’s next steps have not been stated.
South Korea’s special prosecutor searched the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Seoul for election-related documents and CCTV footage.
The search began at about 8:30 a.m. on October 27.
The materials relate to vote counting and other election procedures in Songpa district during the June 3 local elections.
The prosecutor is investigating a shortage of ballot papers and related suspicions.
The search took place one day before a planned public inspection of ballots, CCTV footage and other items at the gymnasium.
- Who
- Special prosecutor Lee Tae-han’s team, investigating the National Election Commission.
- What
- It searched the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium and sought election-related documents and CCTV footage.
- When
- October 27, beginning at about 8:30 a.m.
- Where
- The Handball Gymnasium at Olympic Park in Seoul.
- Why
- To investigate suspicions surrounding a ballot-paper shortage during the June 3 local elections.
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The special prosecutor’s team began searching the Handball Gymnasium at about 8:30 a.m.
The team planned a public inspection of ballots, CCTV footage and other items at the gymnasium.
- Search site
- Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
- Search began
- About 8:30 a.m. on October 27
- Election under investigation
- June 3 local elections
- District
- Songpa, Seoul
- Search team
- 2 prosecutors and 12 personnel, including investigators