Police Request Attendance from University Student Group That Disrupted Oh Se-hoon’s Election Campaign

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police have issued summonses to members of the Seoul National University Student Progressive Union (Seoul Dajin-yeon) who held a picket protest at the campaign site of Oh Se-hoon, the United Future Party candidate running for Seoul Gwangjin District in the April 15 general election.

On the 27th, the Seoul Gwangjin Police Station announced that it sent attendance requests to 10 identified members of Seoul Dajin-yeon on suspicion of violating the Public Official Election Act during their picket protest. It is reported that the police have instructed them to appear by early next month.

The police view Seoul Dajin-yeon's one-person protests, held from the 12th to the 20th in front of Oh’s campaign office and subway stations while holding banners and pickets, as violations of the Public Official Election Act. Seoul Dajin-yeon protested at campaign sites such as Oh’s campaign office and subway stations, holding pickets stating messages like "Politicians cannot make donations," referring to Oh giving 1.2 million won in total?between 50,000 and 100,000 won each?to five people including security guards and cleaners in his apartment during last year’s and this year’s Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays.

Although the police had been passive in responding on-site, following the election commission’s stance that Seoul Dajin-yeon’s protests were difficult to classify as election law violations, they decided to launch an investigation after a legal review on the 19th concluded there was a possibility of election law violations.

Meanwhile, Oh staged a one-person protest in front of the Gwangjin Police Station on the 23rd and 24th, claiming that the police failed to take proper action despite Seoul Dajin-yeon obstructing his campaign. On the 25th, he and party officials also visited the Central Election Commission and the National Police Agency to file complaints.

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