ASSPUK-JISGE STATEMENT ON THE SUPPRESSION OF CHONGRYON

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK
12 July
Joint Statement of the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK and Juche Idea Study Group of England.
HANDS OFF CHONGRYON-DEFEND THE LEGITMATE RIGHTS OF
KOREAN NATIONALS IN JAPAN!
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics and the Juche Idea Study Group of England today issuing the following joint statement in connection with recent events in Japan.We are very shocked to read of the further moves of suppression by the fascistic Japanese authorities against CHONGRYON the dignified overseas Koreans organisation
At present in Japan the suppression moves of the Abe group against Chongryon (the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan ) and the Korean nationals are getting more frantically in a very wicked, cruel and wide-scope way, drawing the bitter rage and denunciation from the world progressive people as well as the Korean nation.
The Abe group is running amuck in applying sanctions against the DPRK, committing the political suppression and national persecution against Chongryon and the Korean nationals in Japan by mobilizing all of the state institutions, security authorities, rightwing media ,gangsters and hooligans.
Japan is veering towards the ultra right under Abe and is becoming
fascistic and racist in character.
The Abe group committed barbarian outrages of forced investigation, violence and arrest of the Chongryon facilities and the Korean nationals last year and this year by mobilizing many armed policemen and armored vehicles, and not content with it, it is now hell-bent forcibly sell the hall of Chongryon Headquarters through the Japanese Resolution and Collection Corporation.
The madcap hostile acts now being conducted throughout Japan against Chongryon and the Korean nationals just remind of the brutal crimes committed in and outside of Korea before its liberation against the Korean nation.
There is the danger that such acts could develop all too easily into a pogrom against Korean nationals in Japan with violence and the loss
of life.
These acts of Japan are aimed at terminating the patriotic movement of Koreans in Japan and an intolerable provocation to the DPRK and Chongryon, the DPRK dignified organization of overseas Koreans, and a grave infringement upon their sovereignty.
Chongryon is a lawful overseas organization of the DPRK, formed to defend the national and democratic rights of Korean nationals in Japan.Its existence is the lifeblood of the Korean community in Japan.The actions of the reactionary Japanese authorities are extremely racist and violate principles of human rights.It is quite normal for ethnic minorities to maintain their own community organisations but the Abe regime of Japan is going against this basic principle.
We demand the Japanese authorities leave CHONGRYON alone and stop their suppression at once.We appeal to the people of the world not to be silent about this outrage but instead to protest against the barbarity of the Japanese authorities and do all they can to tell the truth about what is happening