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Article: Opposition lawmaker opposes relocation of Special Warfare Command.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- April 17, 2007
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SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- An opposition lawmaker on Monday called on the government to withdraw its plan to relocate military facilities in eastern Seoul, expressing concern over the possibility of environmental contamination."The government's decision to move the Special Warfare Command to Icheon drives people in Icheon to despair," said Rep. Rhee Kyu-taek of the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP), a four-term lawmaker from Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.Residents of the city reacted angrily to the government's announcement last Wednesday that Icheon was chosen as the new location of the command. The land in Songpa ward and adjacent areas are to be vacated ...