Special Counsel Conducts Raid on Former Election Commission Chief's Residence Over Suspected 'Junket' Trips

Regarding allegations of overseas junket trips by current and former officials of the National Election Commission (NEC), the special counsel team investigating the NEC announced that it raided the residence of former NEC Chairperson Noh Tae-ak today (the 21st) and secured items including his mobile phone.

The special counsel team stated that it dispatched a 12-member investigative team, including two prosecutors seconded to the special counsel, to Noh's residence at around 8:10 a.m. today to conduct the search and seizure, securing his mobile phone and other items.

The charges specified in the search warrant for Noh are reportedly occupational embezzlement and others.

In connection with the suspected junket trips, the special counsel team has also been conducting a search and seizure at the NEC headquarters starting at 9:00 a.m.

The special counsel team added that it has additionally uncovered circumstances indicating that an NEC official entered false information into an official public document, the overseas travel result report, regarding the suspicions surrounding Noh's overseas travel.
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