That day the security investigation group of the Kangwon District Police Agency and the Kangwon Branch of the Intelligence Service searched all of a sudden houses of three persons including Kwon Pyong Song, former chairman of the society, and confiscated computers, documents, books, etc. Then they ordered them to appear at the police agency.

The fascists took such action, asserting they were suspected of the violation of the NSL when acting at the Council of Youth Organizations.

The victims and members of civic and public organizations of south Korean Kangwon Provincial areas branded such search operation as a politically-motivated premeditated crackdown intended to tide over the crisis.