Ro's Pyongyang visit was a righteous deed to express condolences over the great loss to the nation on behalf of the south Koreans, the statement said, and went on:

The Lee Myung Bak "government", however, not only barred the condolatory groups of south Koreans from visiting the DPRK to share sorrow with the fellow countrymen in the north but put Ro in custody on the charge of violating "the Security Law."

It is kicking up a whirlwind of suppression of the South Headquarters of Pomminryon in the wake of the arrest of Ro.

The statement demanded the Lee "government" stop the suppression of the South Headquarters of Pomminryon, pro-reunification patriotic organization, and release Ro Su Hui without delay.