[Breaking] Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Daegu City Hall... "Related to Public Official Election Act Violation"

The police are conducting a search and seizure at the Daegu City Hall building in relation to the public official election law violation accusation against Hong Jun-pyo, the mayor of Daegu.

About 10 investigators from the Anti-Corruption Economic Crime Investigation Division of the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit have been carrying out the search and seizure since around 8:30 a.m. on the 23rd at the Public Relations Officer's office and other locations within Daegu City Hall in Dongin-dong, Jung-gu.

A police official stated, "The search and seizure is related to the accusation of public official election law violation against Mayor Hong Jun-pyo," adding, "Mayor Hong himself is not among the targets of this search and seizure."

They also clarified, "This is not a coercive retaliatory investigation due to the queer festival."

The search warrant was issued to the police on the 16th and was executed on this day.

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