Man in His 60s Sent to Prosecution for Obstructing Special Committee's Ballot Counting Station Inspection

Charged with Obstructing Official Duties

A man in his 60s, who obstructed the field inspection of the ballot counting station at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, conducted by the National Assembly Special Committee for the National Investigation (Special Committee), has been referred to the prosecution while under arrest.

The Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced on July 8 that it had sent Mr. A, a man in his 60s, to the prosecution under arrest on charges of obstructing the execution of official duties.

Police are forcibly moving protesters who blocked the entrance to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the 2nd during the on-site verification by the Special Committee for the National Assembly investigation into the shortage of ballot papers for the June 3 local elections. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

According to the police, Mr. A is accused of interfering with the field inspection at around 1:10 p.m. on July 2, when members of the Special Committee visited Olympic Park for an on-site investigation, by pushing and assaulting police officers.

At that time, Mr. A was forcibly moved by the police near the entrance to the Handball Gymnasium at Olympic Park, where the ballot counting station was located, and was then arrested.

Previously, on June 29, the police also referred a woman in her 40s to the prosecution under arrest for verbally abusing and spitting at a police officer on duty at the ballot counting station.

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