Man in His 60s Indicted and Detained for Disrupting Special Committee's On-Site Investigation at Vote Counting Center

Charged with Obstructing Official Duties

A man in his 60s who disrupted the on-site investigation by the National Assembly's Special Committee on National Affairs Investigation (Special Committee) at the vote counting center in Olympic Park, Seoul, has been sent to trial in detention. This is the second indictment to come from incidents at the vote counting center.

Members of the National Assembly's Special Committee on National Affairs Investigation were moving inside the counting center at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 2nd when a protest participant ran towards them. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office announced on the 16th that it has indicted Mr. A, a man in his 60s, and placed him in detention on charges of interfering with the execution of official duties.

According to prosecutors, Mr. A was indicted for pushing and assaulting police officers and obstructing the on-site investigation when members of the Special Committee visited Olympic Park for an inspection at around 1:10 p.m. on the 2nd.

At the time, Mr. A was removed by police near the entrance to the handball arena at Olympic Park, where the vote counting center is located, and was subsequently arrested. After conducting a pretrial detention warrant review for Mr. A on the 4th, the Seoul Eastern District Court issued a detention warrant, citing concerns that he might attempt to flee.

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