Before the eyes of northerners who came to Panmunjom to see off Ro Su Hui, vice-chairman of the South Headquarters of Pomminryon, the south side conservative authorities carried him away like an animal. They are now investigating him with the mobilization of a joint investigation team made up of the prosecution, police and the "Intelligence Service", inflicting whole gamut of mental and physical pain and sufferings on him.

They seized and searched the office of the South Headquarters of Pomminryon and houses of Ro Su Hui and the secretary general of the headquarters and arrested the secretary general of the headquarters. They even let ultra-right conservative organizations commit hideous crimes hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.

Ro's Pyongyang visit was prompted by his will to express condolences over the great loss to the nation as a member of the same nation, share the grief with the fellow countrymen in the north and open up the way for national reconciliation, unity and reunification, the joint statement said, adding:

His acts can never be subject to suppression as they were quite just in view of the ethics and morality, traditional beautiful manners and customs of the Koreans and even in light of national reconciliation and unity.

The south side authorities should immediately apologize before the nation for their harsh suppression of Ro and unconditionally set free all pro-reunification champions whom they put into custody for unwarranted reasons.

The ultra-right conservative organizations keen on stamping out the Pomminryon South Headquarters and other reunification movement organizations while siding with the authorities' racket for "eliminating forces following the north" should immediately stop hideous provocations that can lead to escalated confrontation with fellow countrymen and war.