(LEAD) Arrest warrant denied for woman accused of blockading vote counting center

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SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) — A courtroom on Tuesday denied an arrest warrant for a girl who staged a solo blockade of a Seoul vote counting heart final month amid protests calling for a rerun of the June 3 native elections.

The girl, in her 30s, is accused of single-handedly blocking the doorway to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul, which had been used as a poll counting heart, for about two hours on June 16 to stop sports activities organizations primarily based on the venue from coming into.

The Seoul Songpa Police Station final week utilized for the arrest warrant for the lady on fees of obstruction of enterprise.

Following an arrest warrant listening to earlier Tuesday, the Seoul Japanese District Court docket rejected the warrant request, discovering no threat that she would destroy proof or flee.

Some conservative on-line communities nicknamed her “Oldarc,” a portmanteau of Olympic Park and Joan of Arc, for her try to guard the poll packing containers. She entered the courtroom with out answering any questions from reporters, together with whether or not she admits to her fees.

4 males who allegedly dedicated offenses throughout their participation within the Olympic Park protests final month additionally attended their arrest warrant listening to on the similar courtroom on the day.

A person in his 30s is accused of illegally looking out via the private belongings of the members of the nationwide ladies’s youth handball crew exterior the stadium on June 8.

Three males of their 20s are accused of cursing at law enforcement officials and obstructing their responsibility.

The courtroom granted an arrest warrant for under considered one of them.

The protests started after shortages of poll papers have been reported at a number of polling stations on Election Day, inflicting some voters to show again with out casting their ballots.
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