SMASH THE NIS AND ABOLISH THE NSL

A spokesman for the North Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea's
Reunification (Pomminryon) issued a statement Monday denouncing the Lee Myung
Bak regime of south Korea for suppressing people after faking up a spy ring
case.

The statement said:
The Lee group of traitors let the Intelligence Service and the Security
Investigation Group raid and search houses and offices of more than 10
personages working in the field of labour, and in political and academic
circles, on absurd charges that they have been conducting "espionage and had
formed an underground party" on the "instruction of the north". They even
arrested one of them by invoking the draconian "National Security Law."

The puppet regime seeks to suppress officials of the South Headquarters of
Pomminryon and even opposition parties, with charges that they are linked with
the "Iljin Association case."

They went the lengths of asserting that the Institute of University Education of
south Korea, known to monitor the university students' actions, has something to
do with the "Iljin Association case", as it has halved its registration fee and
registration fees issued. They are censoring data, computers and even their
notebooks. They are also persecuting workers’, youth and university students'
organizations, including the Meeting of Workers for Democracy, the Jeju Youth
Association and the Kangrung Youth Association, and then marching individuals
off by invoking the National Security Law.

It is a trite method used by the south Korean regime to fake up a spy ring case
and intensify their crackdown whenever it faces a ruling crisis.

The recent spy ring case and crackdown are aimed at calming public resentment
caused by the regime's domestic and foreign policy failure, economic depression,
deteriorating livelihood and escalating anti-reunification confrontation with
the north. They are also aimed at diverting people's criticism and prolonging
their remaining days.

They are a last-ditch effort to crackdown on the struggle of progressive and
democratic forces that wish to punish the conservative regime at the "National
Assembly" and "presidential" elections due next year, who want to stay in power
come what may.

South Koreans are becoming increasingly critical of the crackdown, describing it
as a "last-ditch effort of the dictatorial regime" and "an attempt to smash
progressive political parties and civic and public organizations before the
elections."

The crackdown will only harden the people's pledge to bring down the
conservative regime.

Various organizations and people of all social standings in south Korea should
turn out in the struggle for the repeal of the National Security Law, the worst
law violating human rights, for the release of those who have been forcibly
detained, and to overthrow the Lee regime seeking fascism and confrontation with
the north by hatching all sorts of plots.

The Lee regime has pursued an unpopular rule and resorted to fascist suppression
while hatching plots against the DPRK and fanning up an atmosphere of war and
confrontation since the very day of its seizure of power. It will not be able to
escape stern punishment by history for those thrice-cursed crimes.