"Will Monitor Election Fraud"... 'Gaseyeon' Subscribers Booked for Intruding into Election Commission

Seongbuk Police Station, Seoul / Photo by Honam Moon munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] A man and a woman who broke into an election commission office in Seoul, claiming to monitor election fraud, were apprehended by the police.

On the 7th, the Seongbuk Police Station in Seoul announced that they had booked one man and one woman without detention on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act after they entered the Seongbuk District Election Commission office and engaged in a physical altercation with staff. The suspects are accused of entering the election commission office with a group of about 10 people around 10 p.m. on the 5th, after the early voting for the 20th presidential election had ended, attempting to inspect the early voting boxes, and fighting with the election commission employees who were leaving work.

The police responded to a report and escorted the two individuals to the police station voluntarily. During the investigation, they stated that they are subscribers of the YouTube channel 'Garosero Research Institute' (Gaseyeon) and members of an organization called the 'Election Fraud Monitoring Group.' The police plan to conduct a thorough investigation into the exact circumstances of the incident and consider applying additional charges.

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