The statement recalled that the puppet authorities mobilized police to take away Ri Won Gi, chairman of the south Korean Federation of University Students in the 21st Century, on July 15.

This violent suppression by the public security authorities is a political revenge on the federation which steadily staged the anti-"government" struggle in demand of reduction to half of the university registration fee and sponsored a concert for mourning the former "president", it charged.

Noting that not a few students were arrested by the police in July alone, the statement said that the present fierce oppressive atmosphere reminds one of the past era of dictatorship.

The Lee Myung Bak regime is seeking to tide over the ruling crisis by reviving the fascist rule, but such attempt can never be realized, the statement asserted.

It urged the authorities to stop the fascist oppressive rule.