South Korea election office raided in fake turnout figures probe: Investigators

SEOUL: South Korean investigators raided the election commission on Thursday (Jul 23) over indications officials falsified voter turnout figures in June local elections, a spokesman told AFP.Dozens of polling stations experienced unprecedented ballot paper shortages on the Jun 3 nationwide vote, the first since President Lee Jae Myung took office last year.The controversy sparked the resignation of National Election Commission (NEC) chief Roh Tae-ak and demonstrations demanding an election re-run.NEC offices were on Thursday raided by a special team of police and prosecutors, a spokesman for the investigators told AFP."We have found indications that officials from the National Election Commission and the Gyeonggi Provincial Election Commission entered false voter turnout figures during the