The speakers accused the "government" and police authorities of committing a search operation against the Kwangju Headquarters of the union on Sept. 10 on the charge of conducting information activities against the Intelligence Service's interference in election.

This proves that the regime's suppression has gone beyond tolerance limit, an indication of suppression of freedom of speech, they said.

Declaring that they would never yield to the government's clampdown, they demanded it stop at once its suppression of the GEU.

They will join civic and social organizations and labor organizations in their strong actions against the regime's illegal suppression of the union, they warned.