According to Yonhap News Agency, the Central Election Management Committee of South Korea (referred to as "the Committee") stated on the 18th that it had reported three election observers suspected of making unjustified claims about "Chinese hackers intervening in the election" and interfering with or obstructing the vote counting work to the South Korean police.
The involved individuals claimed that during the vote-counting process of the by-election for the district chief of Guro-gu, Seoul on April 2, a wireless network named "HUAWEI-76A5" was detected, and they suspected that the Chinese side had hacked the election counting system. In addition, these three people also raised objections to the special seals attached to the ballot boxes, claiming things like "it wouldn't be noticed even if the seal was torn off and stuck back on again" and "if the ballot box was replaced, it would not be discovered."
The Guro-gu election committee speculated that the related network might have been intentionally renamed to "HUAWEI" by the observer after turning on the mobile hotspot on their phone. Afterward, this wireless network name no longer appeared.
On April 2nd, at the third polling station in Dong No. 5, Guro-gu, Seoul, a voter was casting their vote. Yonhap News Agency.
South Korean Election Management Committee also pointed out that the network used for election counting is a closed wired dedicated network isolated from external networks, and the claim about "Huawei network related election equipment" is baseless. In addition, once the seals are removed, they will show signs of damage and have signatures of the voting management officials and observers, making them unusable again. The South Korean Election Management Committee also revealed that the involved observers were recommended by a certain political party.
The South Korean Election Management Committee believes that the aforementioned actions have clearly exceeded the authority of the observers and constitute interference and obstruction of the normal counting management work of the Guro-gu Election Management Committee. According to the Public Official Election Act, those who interfere with the vote-counting workers without proper reasons can be sentenced to less than three years in prison.
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