Police Request Arrest Warrants for Protesters Who Assaulted Reporters at Ballot Counting Center

Charged with Inflicting Injury by Assault and Special Confinement

The police have begun securing the whereabouts of those who assaulted reporters at the ballot counting center at Olympic Park in Seoul.

Last month on the 17th, protesters were waving the American and South Korean flags at the entrance of the Handball Stadium in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Photo by Dongju Yoon

The Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced on the 23rd that it had requested arrest warrants for a woman in her 30s, identified as A, and a man in his 20s, identified as B, on charges of inflicting injury through assault and special confinement.

According to the police, A and others are suspected of assaulting a press reporter on July 5 at the ballot counting center in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul.

A police official stated, "We will conduct a strict investigation into illegal activities at the Olympic Park ballot counting center in accordance with the law and established principles."

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