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Article: NCNP, GNP Clash Over Rep. Chung's Planned Visit to UN Human Rights Session.
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- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- April 15, 1999
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The ruling National Congress for New Politics and opposition Grand National Party engaged in a bitter war of words yesterday over GNP Rep. Chung Hyung-keun's planned attendance at a United Nations human rights session.
Rep. Chung, along with two other GNP lawmakers, is scheduled to attend the human rights session in Geneva, Switzerland, next week for the purpose of accusing the incumbent administration of human rights abuses.
The NCNP raised strong objections to Chung's participation, taking issue with his past career as a ranking official of the Agency for National Security Planning, the predecessor of the National Intelligence Service, which is ...