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OSLOPOSTEN - Circulation: 230,000 - Date 15 October 1999
I finally got a copy of the article, here are some translated extracts. FRONT PAGE: "The Newspaper of the Capitol OSLOPOSTEN Circulation: 230,000 Date October 15 1999 [front page, main article] - Taxi-2- drivers BEING SELECTED BY SCIENTOLOGISTS Taxi-2 hires the disputed headhunter company U-MAN to find drivers for 59 vacant jobs in Oslo. The company is accused of having close ties with the Church of Scientology. -The strategy is to get Scientologists in to work and social life, claims the IT Manager Andreas Heldal-Lund who since 1996 has been having a war going against the movement via Internet." PAGE 4: [Fact box with info on Xenu etc. Info on owners of U-MAN] "MEET ME IN COURT!" Andreas Heldal-Lund is an IT Manager and lives in Stavanger. Since 1996 he has been having a war against the movement via Internet Heldal-Lund claims that U-MAN is part of [CoS's] deliberate strategy to establish so-called 'comm-lines' into society: - The strategy is to get Scientologists into business and organizations, claims Heldal-Lund. - I'm concerned how the sensitive information is handled, he adds to Osloposten. He claims that U-MAN Norway: - U-MAN Norway is owned by high ranking and known Scientologists. Internally the company is run by using Scientology principles. The test used is judged by several specialists to be worthless. - I take it for granted that U-MAN take me to the courts, if it is their opinion that I lie about this, says Heldal, who systematically sends out letters to customers of U-MAN where he informs them about the Scientology connection. [End of fact box, I guess. The following part is about Magne Berge - Mike] - I worked for ca nine months for U-MAN at the end of the eighties. I was told that we had to keep it a secret the fact that U-MAN was a pure Scientology company, says defector to Osloposten. DEFECTOR - The purpose was to recruit more Scientologists, and get a better position in society and in the industry, continues Berge. He broke with the movement after 5 years. He had then built up a 300,000 kroner [40,000 USD] debt because of courses in self development. But Berge sued the movement and won on all charges. In 1997 he was awarded 600,000 [80,000 USD] in compensation. [a small piece with an interview with the owner of the taxi company] IN BAD WEATHER Several different incidents strengthen the accusation about the connection between U-MAN and the Church of Scientology. After two years of investigation, Belgian police raided ten "churches" and several U-MAN offices. Documents were seized and offices sealed. In a document seized by Greek authorities during a raid in the Church of Scientology's offices in 1995 instructions are given from USA. There the lawyer of U-MAN in Greece is told to start investigation of an orthodox priest who is a known critic of the sect. [END SO FAR]
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