Man Who Stole and Discarded 'Voting Stamp' Caught... Suspected of Disrupting Voting Facilities in April 7 Busan Mayoral By-election

Busan Bukbu Police Station, Fingerprint Analysis Team Also Dispatched to Identify Suspect Through CCTV Analysis

Polling station for the April 7 by-election. / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A man who stole and discarded a voting stamp on the day of the April 7 by-election was caught by the police.

The Busan Northern Police Station, investigating the theft of a voting stamp at a temporary polling station on election day (reported in the April 10 online edition), identified and apprehended Mr. A through CCTV analysis and is currently interrogating him.

According to the police on the 12th, at around 11:40 a.m. on the 7th, they received a report of a broken string on the voting stamp at the temporary polling station installed outside the 4th polling station in Mandeok 1-dong, Buk-gu (Geumjeongsan LH New Well City Apartment). While searching, they found the missing voting stamp on the flower bed near the site on the 8th.

The police identified Mr. A through CCTV analysis and arrested him on charges of violating Article 244 of the Public Official Election Act (assault or disturbance against election officials or facilities).

The police plan to investigate Mr. A further regarding the exact motive and then transfer the case.

The polling station in question was set up in a senior citizens' center within an apartment complex of about 1,600 households with approximately 2,700 voters, but the place where the stamp disappeared was a temporary polling station installed outdoors.

This temporary polling station was 'kindly' installed outdoors in front of the main polling place for those with fever or mobility difficulties.

A public official managing the voting discovered after lunch that the string was broken and the stamp was missing when inspecting the polling station.

Someone forcibly detached the voting stamp, which was tied with a string to the polling station desk, and took it away.

Despite a thorough search, the stamp was not found, and even the police fingerprint analysis team was dispatched.

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