A man who filmed inside a polling booth in advance voting for the 21st presidential election and posted it on Chinese social media (SNS) was caught by the police.
Bucheon Wonmi Police Station announced on the 30th that they are investigating Mr. A on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.
Mr. A is accused of filming himself voting from inside a polling booth at an advance voting station in Wonmi District, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province the day before.
He entered a polling booth and posted a video of stamping the ballot paper on Chinese SNS such as Douyin and TikTok, which stirred controversy as the video was shared.
The investigation revealed that Mr. A originally held Chinese nationality and acquired Korea's nationality by passing the naturalization test. Consequently, it was known that Mr. A also had the right to vote.
The current Public Official Election Act prohibits filming inside polling booths and mandates that completed ballots cannot be disclosed to the public.
A police official said, "Based on the SNS profile picture and the closed-circuit (CC) TV footage from the advance voting station, we identified the suspect and apprehended Mr. A."