A man in his 60s was arrested after assaulting a police officer as the National Assembly special committee for a parliamentary inquiry (special committee) entered the ballot counting center at Olympic Park Handball Arena in Songpa District, Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said at about 1:10 p.m. on the 2nd that "when special committee Commissioners attempted to enter through Gate 2-2 of the Olympic Park Handball Arena, some citizens were blocking the entrance, so officers took relocation measures under the Police Officers' Duty Execution Act."
Police emphasized that it was a relocation measure based on the Police Officers' Duty Execution Act, not a forced dispersal. They added that during the relocation process, one man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of using violence by shoving a police officer.
They said they are checking whether anyone was injured during the measures.
Special committee Commissioners arrived at the arena at about 12:10 p.m. for an on-site inspection. But the inspection was delayed about an hour due to obstruction by protesters opposing the entry.
The Commissioners then entered the ballot counting center inside the Olympic Park Handball Arena at about 1:11 p.m. with police assistance and conducted an on-site verification for about 35 minutes.