An arrest warrant was issued for a man in his 60s who assaulted police while blocking the National Assembly's Special Committee on the Parliamentary Probe into the June 3 local election ballot paper shortage from entering a vote-counting site.
On the 4th, the Seoul Eastern District Court, at a pretrial detention warrant hearing for suspect A, a man in his 60s accused of obstructing official duties, decided to detain him, saying "there is a risk of flight."
A is accused of shoving and hitting a police officer on the afternoon of the 2nd at Olympic Park Live Arena in Songpa District, Seoul, while trying to block the special committee from entering.
At the time, protesters linked arms to block the special committee, which had come for an on-site inspection, and were dragged out by police.
With the arrest warrant issued for A, the number of people taken into custody during the protest at the vote-counting site rose to two. On the 35th of last month, a woman in her 40s who spat at police and hurled insults was arrested.
Police are investigating a total of 139 people in connection with illegal acts that occurred during the blockade protest at the vote-counting site.