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Public demands vote on historical probe: Lawmakers fail to pass.
(From The Korea Herald)
By Kim Kyung-ho Six decades after Korea's liberation from the Japanese, a controversy continues to simmer over pro-colonial rule activities.
Some civic group officials and academics have criticized the conservative opposition Grand National Party for blocking a vote Friday on a bill on an extensive probe of antinational acts during the 35-year Japanese rule.
Emotions are running high today as the country commemorates the 85th anniversary of the 1919 nationwide uprising against the brutal colonial rule, which is called the March 1 Independence Movement.
The GNP, which holds more than half of the 273 parliamentary seats, refused to vote on the antinational act probe bill during Friday's session of the National Assembly, saying party lawmakers need more time to review it.
GNP members on a parliamentary legislation and judiciary committee last week agreed to submit the measure to the plenary sitting, but a large number of party lawmakers remain more cautious, saying the extent of the proposed inquiry is too wide and vague.
"I'm afraid the bill describes pro-colonial rule activities so broadly that few of our ancestors who lived through the Japanese rule could be exempted from the probe," said GNP Rep. Kim Yong-kyun.
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