Special counsel searches Seoul handball arena in ballot shortage probe

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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Tuesday searched a handball arena that served as a vote counting center earlier this year as part of a probe into an unprecedented shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections.

Special counsel Lee Tae-han sent investigators to execute a search-and-seizure warrant at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southeastern Seoul, to secure election records and surveillance camera footage.

Lee's team plans to review the secured records to investigate the circumstances surrounding the ballot shortage.

Multiple polling stations reported ballot shortages during the local elections, and some voters were forced to turn back without casting their votes, sparking major public outcry.

The search took place a day before the special counsel team's inspection of voter ballots stored at the gymnasium.

The site houses 2.47 million ballot papers cast in Seoul's southeastern Songpa Ward as protesters have blocked their removal amid calls for accountability and a rerun of the elections.

This file photo, taken Sept. 8, 2026, shows a police officer taking down a banner calling for a rerun of the June 3 local elections at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southeastern Seoul. (Yonhap)

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首尔，10 月 27 日（韩联社）——周二，一个特别检察官小组搜查了今年早些时候曾用作计票中心的一座手球馆，这是对 6 月 3 日地方选举中前所未有的选票短缺情况进行调查的一部分。

特别检察官李泰汉派调查人员前往首尔东南部的奥林匹克公园手球体育馆执行搜查令，以获取选举记录和监控录像。

李的团队计划审查已保存的记录，以调查选票短缺的情况。

地方选举期间，多个投票站报告选票短缺，一些选民被迫放弃投票，引发了公众的强烈抗议。

搜查行动发生在特别检察官小组检查存放在体育馆的选民选票的前一天。

该地点存放着首尔东南部松坡区投出的 247 万张选票，抗议者阻止了这些选票的移除，他们要求追究责任并重新举行选举。

这张摄于2026年9月8日的资料照片显示，一名警察在首尔东南部的奥林匹克公园手球馆拆除要求重新举行6月3日地方选举的横幅。（韩联社）

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地方选举选票检查期间将部署48个防暴警察单位

特别检察官将检查地方选举选票短缺调查中的250万张选票

（导语）特别检察官小组突击搜查选举监督机构，调查选票短缺问题

特别检察官搜查了首尔手球馆，调查选票短缺问题。