Lee calls for end to violence against police officers at protest over ballot shortages

The Korea Times

Lee calls for end to violence against police officers at protest over ballot shortages

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday urged protesters gathered in southern Seoul in protest over ballot shortages in last week's local elections to refrain from using violence against police officers stationed on site. "The insults and mockery directed by some protesters at police officers stationed at the protest site in Jamsil have crossed the line," Lee wrote on social platform X. "(The protesters) have reportedly accused police officers at the scene of being 'fake police,' hurled verbal abuse at them, and even gone so far as to detain and assault them," he said. Lee's remarks come as protesters continued to rally for the sixth day Wednesday near the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Songpa Ward, protesting ballot shortages that occurred during the June 3 local elections. The lack of ballot papers temporarily halted voting at 26 polling stations nationwide on the election day, according to the National Election Commission (NEC), prompting public outrage. Some protesters who amassed at the vote-counting facility have reportedly used abusive language against police officers on duty. Lee sa

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