Former Piper Alpha cop turned councillor calls on Pokemon makers to remove game from memorial

An Aberdeen City Councillor, who spent 10 months working on the Piper Alpha inquiry, has joined the calls for Niantec to remove a Pokémon Gym that it has placed at the site of the memorial to the fallen North Sea men.

The move is being made after it came to light that the tribute to the 167 workers who lost their lives in the 1988 disaster is being used as a game stop in the Pokémon Go game.

SNP Councillor Alex Nicoll has written to game creators Niantic requesting the stop is removed from the Hazlehead Park site.

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