[CPEO-MEF] South Korean officials denied Camp Colbern access

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

South Korean officials turned away from Camp Colbern
Korean military dismisses complaint as political stunt

By T.D. Flack and Hwang Hae-rym
Stars and Stripes Pacific edition
September 11, 2006

SEOUL - Four South Korean congressmen from the ruling Uri party were 
denied access to a former U.S. military base on Friday morning, 
officials have confirmed.

Congressman Woo Won-sick, of the Korea National Assembly's Environment 
and Labor Committee, told Stars and Stripes he and three other 
congressmen attempted to inspect Camp Colbern for environmental 
contamination on Friday morning.

U.S. Forces Korea closed the camp in late 2005 and South Korea agreed to 
accept the return in mid-July.

Woo said he doesn't believe the camp has been cleaned to appropriate 
environmental standards and that it's his duty to report the truth to 
the South Korean people.

He said the South Korean Ministry of National Defense refusal to let 
them enter the camp shows the ministry is trying to “conceal the truth” 
about the "poor cleanup work."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=39945

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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