2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 11 Sep 2006 06:01:09 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] South Korean officials denied Camp Colbern access
 
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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