A 30-year-old woman, known as 'Jandarque' (Jamsil's Joan of Arc), has been charged with obstruction for blocking access to the Olympic Park handball stadium, which served as a polling station during the June 3 local elections.
On July 31, the Songpa Police in Seoul transferred the woman, identified as A, to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office without detention, applying charges of obstruction of business.
This action comes about six weeks after she was booked by police in mid-June.
A is accused of preventing staff from a sports organization from entering the polling station, despite an agreement reached with other protesters, including Jang Dong-hyuk, the leader of the People Power Party, on June 16.
Wearing a U.S. flag around her waist, she reportedly held onto the door for about two hours, ignoring pleas from Jang and Yoo Seung-min, the president of the Korean Sports Council.
The police attempted to detain her, arguing that her actions constituted serious obstruction of business, rendering it uncertain when the blockade would be lifted. However, a court denied the arrest warrant on July 21, citing no risk of evidence destruction or flight.
After her release from custody, she appeared on her lawyer's YouTube channel, stating, "If I find this uncomfortable, I wonder how much more uncomfortable Mrs. Kim Geon-hee must have felt."
On July 29, she conducted a live broadcast on her own YouTube account from Olympic Park, expressing her desire to "spread positive influence."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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