A woman in her 40s who spat at police and hurled insults during a blockade protest at the ballot counting site at Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa District, Seoul, to protest a shortage of ballot papers, has been handed over to prosecutors in custody.
According to police on the 30th, the Songpa Police Station sent a person surnamed Kim to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office the previous day under arrest on charges including obstruction of official duties.
Kim is accused of demanding that an officer on duty in front of Gate 1-5 around 10:30 a.m. on the 23rd state a name, saying the officer's identity as police was in doubt, and then spitting. Kim is also accused of saying, "We need to investigate Chinese nationals' personal information," filming the officer's face without permission, and directing insults at the officer's family.
Police arrested Kim at the scene and sought a warrant for detention, and the court issued the detention warrant on the 25th.
After completing a warrant review before detention, Kim said while leaving, "Everything is unfair. There are reasons for everything—the insults I heard from the police, the insults I used, and the spitting."
Police are currently investigating a total of 139 people in connection with illegal acts that occurred at the ballot counting site blockade protest.