S. Korean police criticized for violating human rights
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 12 (KCNA) -- The south headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) reportedly called a press conference in front of the Ministry of Unification on March 4 to denounce the South Korean police authorities for illegally kidnapping and keeping in custody Sin Chang Gyun, its honorary chairman.
Ra Chang Sun, chairman of the south headquarters of Pomminryon, said that the recent arrest is a police violation of human rights and an intolerable violence inciting division and the Cold War at a time when people in the south and the north visit each other.
Han Sang Ryol, permanent representative of the reunification solidarity for the implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and peace on the Korean Peninsula, dismissed the kidnapping and arrest of the honorary chairman as an act against humanity which can not be justified under any circumstances.
Saying that the case can never be hushed up, he demanded the authorities probe into the truth behind the incident and punish those responsible for it.
At the end of the press conference, the participants held a protest rally in front of the police office and strongly demanded the authorities probe into the truth behind the arrest.
