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Defense Minister declined to explain why non-military personnel had been kept in military custody.
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Chung Rae-hyuk as "special criminals," had killed 12 Air Force guards on
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concealed all information regarding Unit 684 until the 1990s.
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110:20th Special Service Squadron
37:1 April 1968 – 23 August 1971
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375:Mutineers killed, committed
233:Ministry of National Defence
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166:Republic of Korea Air Force
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