Police conducted a search and seizure at the office of former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn's 'Corruption Prevention Committee for Fraudulent Elections' on the 20th.
The Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is securing internal materials such as PCs and documents by searching the 'Corruption Prevention Committee for Fraudulent Elections' office in Yongsan District starting at 10 a.m. that day.
The National Election Commission filed a complaint against former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn and BUBANG for allegations of establishing similar organizations, interference, and obstruction of voting and counting under the Public Official Election Act on May 27.
Former Prime Minister Hwang and BUBANG have claimed 'fraudulent elections' until now. The National Election Commission believes that they trained members on how to interfere with voting processes before the last presidential election and suggested ways to cause invalid votes, such as 'marking the voting management officer's sign area and asking the officer to leave a record in the voting log.' It also views the planning of gatherings within 100 meters of polling places on the early voting day as a coordinated obstruction of election tasks.
On that day, former Prime Minister Hwang posted on YouTube, stating, 'They are blocking the search and seizure until my lawyer arrives,' and noted that 'a reckless investigation will proceed under the pretext of investigating fraudulent elections.' He claimed that during the complaint process, he would 'carefully monitor whether sovereignty is being violated' and questioned, 'What exactly is the issue with that?' He also asserted that 'many proofs of fraudulent elections came up in this presidential election.'