YouTuber Jeon Han-gil claimed he had obtained one of the missing ballot paper storage boxes from Jamsil 7-dong No. 2 polling station, where a ballot paper shortage occurred.
Jeon held a press conference at 2 p.m. on the 12th in front of the Jamsil counting center in Songpa-gu, Seoul (Olympic Park Handball Arena) and said, "We secured a ballot paper storage box that the National Election Commission said it had discarded." He then revealed the ballot paper storage box he said he obtained through a tip.
Jeon claimed the box he made public this time was the one that had been at Jamsil 7-dong No. 2 polling station during the "ballot paper shortage." Earlier, on the 10th, the Seoul Eastern District Court accepted an application by Reform Party supreme council member Kim Jeong-cheol to preserve evidence and went to the site, but the ballot paper storage box had already disappeared.
Jeon plans to visit the Seoul Eastern District Court to discuss handing over the box. However, if the court does not recognize the originality of the evidence or is reluctant to take custody, he said he would turn it over to investigative agencies such as the joint investigation headquarters.
Jeon did not say how he obtained the box. He said it was to protect the informant's identity, and that he would decide after seeing how the election commission responds.
However, the Seoul city election commission is said to hold the position that "the ballot paper storage box subject to the evidence preservation order has already been discarded and is different from the one Jeon obtained."
Meanwhile, in connection with the ballot paper shortage, the Seoul Eastern District Court partially granted an additional application to preserve evidence filed the previous day by Reform Party supreme council member Kim. It asked the Songpa-gu election commission to confirm facts including the name of the waste disposal company that received the ballot paper storage box for disposal, the time it was handed over to the company, the disposal date and time, and, if not disposed of, its current storage location.