(POMMINRYON)
It is with deep concern,
that we the friends of Korea, have learnt of the immediate arrest and
detention of the south Korean Peace and Reunification activist, Ro Su
Hui by the south Korean authorities at Panmunjom on July 5th, 2012. As
soon as Ro Su Hui crossed the line dividing his homeland, Mr.Ro was
pounced upon by agents of south Korea's National Secruity Planning
Agency and dragged off for interrogation. We note that the reception
given to Ro Su Hui by the south Korean state was in sharp contrast to
the warm send off given to him by the north Korean people.
Right in front of the
world's media, the south Korean authorities disgraced themselves, with
their agents' using physical force to knock down Ro Su Hui to the floor
and manhandle him, at the very moment Ro entered the southern part of
Panmunjom. Mr.Ro, posed no threat to the stability of south Korea and
came back from the north on a mission to promote peace and understanding
between the north and south of Korea through dialogue and exchange. As
was seen through the footage of Ro Su Hui being set upon by the National
Security Planning Agents for simply carrying a flag with the symbol of a
united Korea.
Ro Su Hui now faces the prospect of 10 years or
more in solitary confinement by the south Korean regime, for the crime
of simply visiting the northern half of his divided country.
Vice-Chairman Ro went to Pyongyang in March this year to defuse tensions
between the north and south of Korea. Ro had discussions with his
counterparts at the northern headquarters of Pomminryon and with other
sectors of DPRK society, aswell as having a meeting with Kim Yong Nam,
the President of the Presidum of the Supreme Assembly of the DPRK. All
Ro Su Hui activities in north Korea were publicized and had
nothing sinister about them.
North
and south Korea were on course for better relations and
ultimately independent reunification a decade ago with the signing of
the June 15 2000 north-south agreement.
Inter-Korean
cooperation was being intensified, people to people contacts
were strengthened
Left to the Korean
people themselves, the question of Korea's peaceful and independent
reunification would have been solved long ago. All the progress which
was made on Korean reunification was wrecked by the intervention of
outside forces, princially the United States. The coming to power of Li
Myoung Bak and his ultra-right party returned Korea to the cold war era.
History appears to be repeating itself, Rim Su Young, a delegate to the
13th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Pyongyang from the
National Students Council of south Korea, was detained by the south
Korean military regime of Roh Tae Woo twenty three years go. Now Ro Su
Hui has become the latest victim of the anti-reunification witch hunt of
the present inhabitant in the Chengwadae (the Blue House), Seoul.
The
Recent events at Panmunjon has revealed the true nature of south
Korea. Viewing those shocking scenes of a pacifist such as Ro Su Hui
being roughed up by the NSPA agents, the international community now
sees through the illusion of south Korea being a democracy. At its core,
south Korea cannot be classified as a parliamentary democracy but as a
military corporate state sustained by American neo-colonialism. South
Korea's National Security Law is a draconian piece of legislation, which
violates the fundamental rights to conscience and freedom of brief. Li
Myoung Bak has returned the political situation in south Korea to the
days of Yusin, that is to the security orientated rule of the 1960s and
1970s. In south Korea during this period of its
history, hundreds of thousands of political activists were
rounded and in May 1980, the south Korean regime massacred 10,000
demonstrators in the city of Kwangju. Today many
reunification activists and trade unionists face similar persecution in
south Korea for exercising rights which would be taken for granted in
West European countries.
We
the members of the Staffordshire Branch of the Korean Friendship
Association ( UK ) call upon all peace activists, human rights
advocates, anti-imperialists and trade unionists to mobilize and
campaign for the release of Ro Su Hui by the south Korea authorities
instantly. Public opinion in Britain and elsewhere must be informed of
the terrible treatment given to 68 year old Ro Su Hui by the south
Korean security agencies. The Friends of Korea urges everyone who values
peace, democracy and human dignity to
put maximum pressure upon to those in power in Seoul to free Ro Su Hui
straight away. Ro Su Hui is a envoy of peace and reconciliation on the
Korean peninsula and must be entitled to his personal and political
rights.
FREE RO SU HUI NOW!!!
KOREA IS ONE!!!
PEACE AND INDEPENDENT REUNIFICATION FOR KOREA!!
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