NIS and Police Conduct Search and Seizure on Some Officials in Gyeongnam for Alleged National Security Law Violations

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 9th, the National Intelligence Service and the police conducted a search and seizure on some figures in the Gyeongnam region on charges of violating the National Security Act.

According to local political circles, on that day, the NIS and the police carried out search and seizure operations in Gyeongnam.

It is known that the targets of the search and seizure included officials from civil society organizations in the Gyeongnam area.

Local political circles understand that the NIS and others applied charges of forming and meeting/communicating for an anti-state organization under the National Security Act to these individuals.