It called for a non-governmental mourners group's visit to Pyongyang, overcome with sorrow over the untimely loss of Kim Jong Il.

The organization in a statement denounced the authorities for their reckless actions to quell the mourning atmosphere of the people from all walks of life, discarding both ethics and morality, keen on escalating the confrontation with compatriots.

Holding that it is natural for the south Koreans to express deep condolences over the demise of Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il, it contended that it would set up all-people mourning incense-burning altar before the "Taehanmun" in Seoul.

Police turned out to block its action, asserting that other organization applied for holding an event in the same place and the like, but it opted to set up the altar.

The authorities hurled armed riot police and gangsters to mercilessly trample down upon the altar and forcibly remove it and arrested those involved in the action.