President Lee Appoints Lee Tae-han as Special Prosecutor for National Election Commission Probe

Lee Tae-han, a non-standing commissioner of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, has been appointed as the special prosecutor to uncover the truth behind allegations of infringement on citizens' voting rights, including the shortage of ballot papers during the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections.

President Lee Jae-myung appointed Lee as the special prosecutor this afternoon among the candidates recommended by the public recommendation committee, announced Kang Yu-jung, senior presidential spokesperson.

Lee is a former prosecutor who has served as the head of the Special Investigation Division at the Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office and the Chief of the 4th Criminal Division at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office.

In the past, he was also mentioned as a candidate pool for the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.

Lee will undergo a preparation period of up to 20 days and then conduct investigations for 90 days.

If necessary, the investigation period can be extended twice by 30 days each.

The special investigation team will be organized with a scale of around 165 personnel, including 5 special assistant prosecutors and 70 special investigators.

The allegations to be investigated by the special counsel team amount to a total of 12 cases, including the ballot paper shortage incident and suspicions related to poor election management by the National Election Commission.

The special prosecutor can also investigate related cases newly uncovered in the course of the investigation.

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