UMTS Lawsuit - Rotterdam - Holland - 7 March 2006
• Leo interviewing lawyer Dorus van Deursen of the City of Barendrecht •
• Listening to what the lawyer says to TV colleagues Bob and Kim •
© Photos made by Rens van den Berg/Eiffel
On
Tuesday noon 7 March 2006
Leo had to go to the Rotterdam Court
.
KPN Telecom filed a lawsuit
against the City of
Barendrecht
because the city council refused
a consession for a 38 meter UMTS antenna
after giving it initially.
People
living in the neighbourhood of the Oranjewijk
protested against the
antenna at the Marijkesingel
because they are afraid of the electromagnetic radiation
and formed the protest group Stop UMTS Barendrecht.
The
city council decided to listen to the people
and KPN Telecom was not happy of course.
Barendrecht
says KPN did not give sufficient information
because scientific research on the radiation of UMTS antennas
is still going on in Switzerland.
KPN
says it gave all the information there was
on the moment they asked for the permit.
The judge will decide in 2 weeks.
Leo
interviewed lawyer Dorus van
Deursen
for the afternoon news program of Radio Rijnmond.
The
photos were made on the Wilhelminaplein
on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam
with on the background Luxor Theatre, Montevideo,
World Port
Center, Cruise Terminal, KPN Telecom and Euromast.
