Members of a special parliamentary committee investigating ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections open the entrance to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul's southern district of Songpa, Thursday. Yonhap
Members of a special parliamentary committee investigating ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections on Thursday entered a vote counting venue that has long been barricaded by angry protesters to prevent the removal of ballot boxes stored inside.
The on-site inspection came 27 days after protesters demanding a rerun of the elections began blockading the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul on June 5, two days after ballot shortages temporarily suspended voting at polling stations across the nation.
Police cleared protesters from the entrance to the stadium, which served as a ballot counting site on election day, to allow committee members access to the stadium.
Protestors block the entrance to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul's southern district of Songpa, Thursday, as members of a special parliamentary committee investigating ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections attempt to enter. Yonhap
