A protester, center, blocks officials of sports organizations under the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee from entering the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul's southern ward of Songpa, Tuesday. Joint Press Corps
Police plan to investigate a woman who staged a solo blockade of a gymnasium used as a ballot-counting center for the June 3 local elections in southern Seoul, officials said Wednesday.
The woman, whose identity was not immediately known, prevented sports officials from entering the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium on Tuesday by physically blocking the entrance after protesters, who have blocked access to the facility while demanding a re-run of the local elections on June 3, agreed to let them inside.
Sports groups under the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee have been unable to access their offices inside the gymnasium since June 5, when the protesters began a blockade to prevent the removal of ballot boxes.
The Seoul Songpa Police Station said it plans to investigate the woman who stood in front of one of the gymnasium's gates and refused to move until measures were taken for the preservation of ballots and ballot boxes inside.
