The 'Single Person' Who Blocked the Way: Sports Organizations Fail to Enter Facility Again

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At the vote-counting station at Olympic Park in Seoul, where a blockade protest is ongoing, sports organizations attempted to enter throughout the day, but their efforts were thwarted once again. Although an agreement seemed to have been reached through the mediation of People Power Party lawmakers, a single protester blocked the entrance until the end. As a result, the national fencing team had to borrow equipment from other athletes to depart for their competition.

Reporter Dong Eunyeong reports.

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As police officers in fluorescent vests approached the entrance with cameras to collect evidence, protesters immediately blocked their path.

[Protester: Re-election for fraudulent election.]

On the morning of June 16, sports organizations based in the stadium attempted to enter the Olympic Park vote-counting station in Seoul with the help of the police.

A standoff lasted for about three hours as the protesters resisted.

[Police: If you obstruct this, you may be charged with obstruction of business under the Criminal Act.]

Even requests to enter alongside the protesters were to no avail.

[Official from a sports organization: Please let us take our things out. Please. We are just trying to enter our own office, why are you blocking us?]

Disagreements even broke out among the protesters themselves.

[Protester: Why are you deciding this here? You should ask the citizens who guarded (the polling station). You two do not have the authority.]

In the afternoon, there was talk that entry into the stadium would be possible following mediation by People Power Party lawmakers who visited the site.

[Jang Dong-hyuk, Representative of the People Power Party: Two people from each organization will enter sequentially to retrieve their items, and two cameras will go in with them. Our lawmakers will also enter together.]

However, one female protester stood in front of the door, insisting that not a single person could be allowed in.

[Protester: No! No!]

The People Power Party lawmakers, who took turns trying to persuade her, eventually gave up and withdrew.

[Protester: (Are you okay?) .... (What were you thinking when you blocked the door?) ....]

Once the sports organizations retreated, the protesters tied the door handle with string and wrapped it multiple times with duct tape.

Due to the stadium blockade, which has now entered its 12th day, the national fencing team, which departed today to compete in the Asian Championships, had to leave for the event using equipment borrowed from other athletes.

(Reported by Yang Ji-hoon and Kim Young-hwan | Video edited by Choi Hye-ran | Footage courtesy of Left-wing Bomber TV)
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