Special Prosecutor Team Raids Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, Secures Songpa Election Records

Investigation into Ballot Shortage in Local Elections
Securing CCTV Footage Ahead of Voluntary Inspection on October 28

The special prosecutor team investigating the ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections and other matters conducted a search and seizure at the Handball Stadium at Olympic Park on October 27.

Officials from nine sports organizations affiliated with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee move equipment and administrative documents, including PCs, out of the Handball Stadium at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on September 8. The stadium, which served as a vote-counting center during the June 3 local elections, had been the site of a blockade protest for three months, disrupting the work of the nine sports organizations based there. September 8, 2026. Photo by the Joint Press Corps.

Lee Taehan's special prosecutor team said it had deployed 12 people, including two prosecutors and forensic investigators, from around 8:30 a.m. that morning to execute a search and seizure warrant for election-related documents from Songpa-gu and closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage stored inside the Handball Stadium.

The team plans to secure various documents prepared during the voting and ballot-counting processes in Songpa-gu during the June 3 local elections and continue investigating allegations surrounding the ballot shortage.

Ahead of a scheduled voluntary inspection on October 28, the team is also securing CCTV footage related to where the items subject to inspection were stored. The inspection will cover ballots and other related items, including CCTV equipment, stored at the Handball Stadium.

The team is investigating the ballot shortage during the local elections and broader allegations that the right to participate in elections was infringed during the voting and ballot-counting processes.

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