Police said they are currently investigating 176 people in connection with protests at the Songpa-gu, Seoul ballot-counting site (Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium).
Hong Seok-gi, the new head of the National Office of Investigation (NOI), said at his first regular press briefing on the 6th, "We have received 83 cases involving 186 people, and among them we are proceeding with investigations into 71 cases involving 176 people."
According to the Korean National Police Agency, cases currently investigating include five cases such as coercion and obstruction of business (27 people), 10 cases of defamation and insult (66 people), three cases of obstruction of official duties (9 people), and 53 cases such as assault (74 people).
A total of 12 cases have been closed. Seven cases, including obstruction of official duties against police officers and assaults on ordinary citizens, involving four people were sent to prosecutors (one detained), and five cases, including assaults among ordinary citizens, involving six people were not referred.
Police plan to continue a stern investigation into illegal acts such as assault, obstruction of business, and obstruction of official duties that occurred during the protests at the ballot-counting site.