Prosecutors Assign Hwang Kyo-ahn and Min Kyung-wook to Public Investigation Division for 'Early Voting Manipulation Allegation' Dissemination

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution has assigned and launched an investigation into the case of former Liberty Korea Party (the predecessor of the People Power Party) leader Hwang Kyo-ahn and former lawmaker Min Kyung-wook. The two were reported for allegedly spreading rumors of early voting manipulation, thereby obstructing voter participation.

According to the legal community on the 3rd, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office assigned the case, in which the Central Election Commission recently reported former leader Hwang and former lawmaker Min for violations of the Public Official Election Act and obstruction of official duties, to the Public Investigation Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Kyung-geun) the day before.

They are also accused of obstructing election management duties by deploying personnel to respond to claims that the Election Commission was preparing to manipulate early voting.

The Election Commission reported to the prosecution that the two allegedly spread false information through newspaper advertisements, rally speeches, and YouTube channels, including claims of installing secret temporary offices for rigging elections, using illegal stamps on early voting ballots, using QR codes without legal basis, and connecting ballot sorting machines to external internet networks to manipulate early voting.

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