Reporter Assaulted at 'Jamsil Counting Center'... Detention Warrants for Two Protesters Dismissed

Detention Warrants Dismissed
for Both Woman in Her 30s and Man in His 20s

Two protesters who assaulted a reporter at the vote counting center in Olympic Park, Seoul, have avoided detention.

A man in his 20s who assaulted a reporter covering the vote count for the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections is leaving the courtroom on the 28th at the Seoul Eastern District Court in Songpa-gu, Seoul, after completing the pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing). Photo by Yonhap News.

Yang Hwanseung, the presiding judge in charge of warrants at Seoul Eastern District Court, conducted a detention hearing (warrant substantive review) on the 28th for a woman in her 30s, referred to as Ms. A, and a man in his 20s, referred to as Mr. B, who are suspected of inflicting injury through assault and special confinement. The judge dismissed the arrest warrants, stating, "There are no sufficient grounds to recognize concerns of evidence destruction or flight risk."

Ms. A and others are accused of assaulting a reporter at the Olympic Park vote counting center on the 5th of last month.

As of the previous day, police had received reports on 113 cases related to illegal activities at the Olympic Park vote counting center. Investigations are ongoing for 67 of these cases, while 46 have been closed.

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