Joint Investigation Team Summons Two More Songpa Election Commission Officials; Analyzes 'Ballot Storage Boxes'

The joint investigation team of prosecutors and police, tasked with uncovering the truth behind the "ballot paper shortage" during the June 3 local elections, is summoning officials from the Songpa-gu Election Commission for the second consecutive day.
The joint investigation team is questioning two Songpa-gu Election Commission officials today (June 26) as witnesses.
They are reportedly officials responsible for managing polling stations in areas such as Jamsil 7-dong, where the ballot shortage occurred.
On the 24th, the joint investigation team conducted searches and seizures at the offices and of the mobile phones of 12 officials from the Seoul Metropolitan and Songpa-gu Election Commissions.
The investigation aims to determine how the election commission officials, who were notified of the ballot shortages at local polling stations, reported the situation internally and what instructions they received.
Starting yesterday, the team has been summoning the officials who were subject to the searches and seizures to verify the reporting channels and response measures taken regarding the ballot shortage on the day of the incident.
Witness interviews for four local government officials who worked at the polling stations are also scheduled for today.
The joint investigation team is also analyzing items such as ballot storage boxes submitted to the police by Jeon Han-gil, a former Korean history instructor who has alleged election fraud.
On the 15th, while filing a complaint against Jeon Han-gil, the acting chairman of the National Election Commission, for dereliction of duty, Jeon submitted election-related items including two ballot storage boxes, voting stamps, and approximately 1,700 voter registry verification slips.
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