全国投票所41ヶ所にカメラ設置したユーチューバー…共犯9人追加立件=韓国
YouTuber who installed cameras at 41 polling stations nationwide... 9 additional accomplices indicted in South Korea
Police have arrested nine accomplices of a YouTuber in his 40s who broke into early polling stations across the country and installed illegal cameras ahead of South Korea's April 10 general elections.
The Incheon Nonhyeon Police Station in South Korea is investigating the suspect for trespassing and violating the Communications Secrecy Act.
On the 15th, the government announced that nine people, including accomplice B of YouTuber A, who is in his 40s, had been indicted. B and others were arrested last month after A was arrested in Seoul, Busan, Incheon, and Gyeongsangnam-do.
The suspect is accused of helping to set up illegal cameras at polling stations and ballot counting stations across the country, including the 2016 general election (2017-18 general election) and the 2019 general election (2019-2020 general election).
It was discovered that he had installed cameras next to water purifiers in 36 of these locations. He had attached stickers with the name of a specific telecommunications company to the cameras, disguising them as telecommunications devices.
Police believe that Mr. B and others assisted Mr. A in the crime by providing him with money and accompanying him to the polling stations to keep watch. Some of them collected the cameras installed at each polling station and
Prior to this, the police had referred Mr. A and two accomplices who committed the crime in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, to the prosecution, and identified nine accomplices in the process of analyzing related materials.
Mr. A installed a camera at the polling station with the help of an accomplice, but the crime was discovered before the early voting and he was unable to record the voting scene. He told the police, "The Election Management Committee manipulated the early voting rate.
A has been raising suspicions of election fraud through his YouTube channel, and has been accused of violating the 2022 presidential election and the Gangseo (Gangseo) election in Seoul last year.
During the by-election for district mayor, it was also confirmed that cameras were installed in advance polling stations to record the insides of the stations.
2024/04/15 21:27 KST
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