Special counsel launches inspection of local election ballots stored at Seoul handball arena
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Special counsel Lee Tae-han, center, arrives at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southeastern Seoul, Wednesday, to examine ballots cast during the June 3 local elections. Yonhap
A special counsel team on Wednesday launched an inspection of ballot papers stored at a handball arena as part of its probe into an unprecedented shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections.
Special counsel Lee Tae-han’s team entered the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southeastern Seoul to examine 2.47 million ballots, surveillance camera footage and other material.
The gymnasium was used as a vote counting center and continues to house ballot papers cast in Seoul’s southeastern Songpa Ward as protesters have blocked their removal amid calls for accountability and a rerun of the elections.
