Investigators likely to question election watchdog officials soon over local election ballot shortage

A joint team of police investigators and prosecutors will soon question election watchdog officials over shortages of ballot papers during the June 3 local elections, legal sources said Sunday.

The expected move comes as the National Election Commission (NEC) has taken flak for the shortages that temporarily suspended voting at 26 polling stations, mostly in Seoul, during the elections earlier this month.

The team completed a search and seizure on NEC's servers on Saturday to secure internal mes ...