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Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo has urged for the dismissal of the city s top police official for what he labeled "unlawful" permission for the city s Pride parade, where some 1,500 participants celebrated in the city s downtown on Saturday and advocated for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. "Permission to assemble does not translate into permission to violate others rights.