Police say rumor that a university student in his 20s lost consciousness while ballot box was being removed is false

2 in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where a shortage of ballots had occurred in the June 3 local elections, protesters gathered in front of the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul and demanded that the count be halted. Photo by Choi Seung-han. [Financial News] Police said a rumor circulating online that a protester in his 20s suffered a head injury and fell into a coma during the removal of a ballot box from Jamsil 7-dong Polling Place No. 2 in Songpa-gu, Seoul was "not true. " In a notice on the 5th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that rumors and photos were circulating on social networking service (SNS) platforms claiming that a 21-year-old college student who was injured in the head during the removal of the ballot box was in a coma.
However, after reviewing related video footage and statements from police officers who were at the scene, it confirmed that the claim was false. Songpa Fire Station said it treated a total of seven patients from the protest related to Jamsil 7-dong Polling Place No. 2 and the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium from the previous night through the 5th. All of them were reported to have suffered only minor injuries. The ballot box from Jamsil 7-dong Polling Place No.
2, where a shortage of ballots had occurred, was moved to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, and counting was completed at around 3:30 p. m. that day. The ballot box was reported to contain ballots for about 2,000 voters. Protesters claiming "election fraud" have moved from Jamsil 7-dong Polling Place No.
2 to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium and are continuing their demonstration. Police have deployed Mobile Police Unit personnel to block access to the counting site. Starting at around 7:50 a. m.
that day, police deployed more than 1,000 officers from 18 Mobile Police Units to disperse the protesters in front of Jamsil 7-dong Polling Place No. 2. After the dispersal around the rear entrance was completed at around 8:52 a. m.
, NEC officials entered the polling place and removed the ballot box.
425_sama@fnnews.com Choi Seung-han Reporter