Investigators raid the National Election Commission (NEC) headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, July 23. Yonhap
Investigators raided the National Election Commission (NEC) on Friday to secure evidence over suspicions of data manipulation in connection with the June 3 local elections.
A joint prosecution-police task force said it began a search and seizure at the NEC's headquarters in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, and other local commissions in the capital, Gyeonggi Province and North Chungcheong Province.
The team has been investigating suspicions that some NEC workers manipulated computer system statistics without reporting them to their superiors to cover up errors in voter turnout rates on election day.
Under the current system, the NEC discloses voter turnout every hour on election day based on figures reported by election management workers at each polling station.
