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Special counsel raids NEC headquarters over alleged bid rigging

Summary by The Korea Times
Investigators raided the National Election Commission (NEC) headquarters Wednesday over allegations of preferential treatment in choosing a ballot printer maker, a special counsel team said. Thirty-two personnel, including two prosecutors, were mobilized to search a division of the NEC at its headquarters in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, and the office and factory of the company in question, according to the team led by special counsel Lee Tae-…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Won-jeong = The special prosecutor team led by Lee Tae-han of the National Election Commission has detected indications of bidding irregularities in the early voting ballot issuance machine manufacturing business, and the Central Election...

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The special prosecutor team led by Lee Tae-han, investigating various allegations against the National Election Commission (NEC), is currently conducting a search and seizure after detecting indications that the NEC provided preferential treatment to a specific company during the purchase of early voting ballot issuance machines. Starting around 9 a.m. on the 4th, the special prosecutor team [searched] the NEC's Election Infrastructure Division,…

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The special prosecutor for the National Election Commission raided the Commission and suppliers in connection with allegations of preferential treatment in a bid for early voting ballot issuance machines worth 45.9 billion won. The investigation is focusing on suspicions that the Commission leaked bidding information to a specific company and designed a monopolistic supply structure for consumables.

Allegations of pre-bidding business plan leak and preferential treatment for specific companies

The special prosecutor investigating the ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections (Special Prosecutor Lee Tae-han) has launched a forced investigation into allegations that the National Election Commission (NEC) provided preferential treatment to a manufacturer of early voting ballot dispensers. The special prosecutor announced on the 4th that it had conducted a search and seizure operation starting at 9 a.m. on the 4th, targeting the N…

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조선일보 broke the news on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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