The statement said:

The Lee group of traitors let the Intelligence Service and the Security Investigation Group search houses and offices of more than 10 personages in the fields of labor, political and academic circles on absurd charges that they conducted "espionage and built an underground party" at 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, charging 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 survey the university students' actions to have the registration fee halved and the registration fee issue, has something to do with the "Iljin Association case". They censored data, computers and even their handbooks. They also persecuted workers, youth and university students' organizations, including the Meeting of Workers for Democracy, the Jeju Youth Association and the Kangrung Youth Association, and walked individuals off by invoking the NSL.

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

The recent spy ring case and crackdown are aimed to calm down public resentment caused by the regime's domestic and foreign policy failure, economic depression, deteriorating livelihood and escalated anti-reunification confrontation with the north. They are also aimed to divert elsewhere people's criticism and prolong its remaining days.

They are a last-ditch effort to check the struggle of the progressive and democratic forces to punish the conservative regime at the "National Assembly" and "presidential" elections due next year and 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 "attempt to bring to collapse the 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 NSL, the worst law violating human rights, and the release of those who were unreasonably put into custody 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 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.