Special prosecutor "30 cities, counties and district election commissions entered false numbers of voters"... Seizure and search of 7 locations (comprehensive)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-ju = Special prosecutor team of Tae-han Lee of the National Election Commission confirmed that the National Election Commission entered false numbers of voters by time zone in the June 3rd local elections and began search and seizure at seven locations, including the National Election Commission.

The special prosecutor's team announced on the 15th that it had confirmed that 30 city, county and district election commissions across the country had entered false numbers of voters by time zone into the election management system and ballot counting reporting system.

The 25 election commissions in question include Guro, Mapo, and Seongbuk in Seoul, Guri, Pyeongtaek, Suwon, Yongin, Seongnam, Namyangju, Yeoju, and Dongducheon in Gyeonggi Province, Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, Seobuk-gu, Dongnam-gu, and Geumsan-gun in Cheonan-si in South Chungcheong Province, Nam-gu in Busan, Changwon-si in Gyeongsangnam-do, Buk-gu in Gwangju, Mokpo, Gwangyang, and Hwasun in Jeollanam-do, Chuncheon, Jeongseon, and Hwacheon in Gangwon-do, and Seogwipo in Jeju.

In addition, the election commissions of five cities, counties, and districts, including Seocho and Gangnam in Seoul, Gimpo and Uiwang in Gyeonggi Province, and Jincheon in North Chungcheong Province, where the joint investigation headquarters of the prosecution and police previously confirmed false entries, were added.

It was discovered that these election commissions had falsely entered the number of voters by modifying the figures by time zone after the fact or by entering the same number of voters by time zone based on the number of voters that had been falsely entered.

The special prosecutor's team explained that they confirmed this fact after analyzing log data on the number of voters by time slot at polling places across the country from the election management system secured by stationing forensic investigators at the National Election Commission, and investigating about 70 civil servants of the election commissions in towns, villages, districts, and districts.

In order to determine the scale of the number of falsely entered voters and the extent of their involvement, the special investigation team began search and seizure at 7 locations, including the National Election Commission, 4 provincial and provincial election commissions such as Chungnam, Jeollanam-do, Gwangju, Gyeongnam, and Gangwon, and 2 city, county, and district election commissions such as Nam-gu in Busan and Seogwipo-si in Jeju, starting at 9:10 a.m. on this day.

A total of 31 people were involved in the search and seizure, including 3 prosecutors, 20 investigators, and 8 digital forensic investigators.

The special prosecutor's team plans to focus its investigative power on determining the cause and identifying those responsible.