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Japan's Anti-Chongryon Actions Denounced

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- There have been reported one after another actions taken by different self-governing local bodies of Japan to reexamine and cancel the measures for the exemption of taxes on the fixed properties so far applied to the facilities related to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon). In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says that this is clear evidence proving that the Japanese reactionaries are leaving no means untried to destroy Chongryon. The commentary continues:
    Most facilities of Chongryon including offices, halls and schools have been considered to be fixed properties exempted from taxes according to the Japanese law on local taxation as their "public utility" as places for educational and cultural activities and mass assembly was recognized.
    Moreover, Chongryon has played the role of a diplomatic and consular office as a dignified organization of overseas citizens of the DPRK in Japan.
    What matters is why the measure for the exemption of taxes on the fixed properties related to the facilities of Chongryon, which has been applied without any objection for the last scores of years, should be totally reexamined at present?
    It is part of the anti-DPRK, anti-Chongryon moves of the Japanese reactionaries which have become more frantic these days.
    The unreasonable financial pressure of the Japanese authorities upon Chongryon is just like scratching their face by themselves.