The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK , Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK Korean Friendship Association today issued the following joint statement;

The ASSPUK , Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK Korean Friendship Association note with grave extreme concern the arrest of south Korean national assembly member Mr Lee Seok-ki of the Unified Progressive Party on what are obviously fabricated charges of " rebellion ". This is a vile repressive
action against the UPP and the pro reunification forces in south Korea. It is an action that has the noxious stink of fascism and McCarthyite witch hunting about it.
The charges against Mr Lee is outlandish and clearly fabricated . It is totally inconceivable that a member of the south Korean "national assembly " would plot to foment an armed rebellion. The allegations , cooked up by the south Korean " National Intelligence Service ",are really aimed at banning the Unified Progressive Party and framing its leadership cadres on trumped up charges.Only fascist autocracy would arrest an elected member of a legislative body can be on falsified charges.

This shows that south Korea is returning to days of fascist despotism . Under the fascist puppet regime of Park Chung Hee (father of current south Korean ruler Ms Park Geun Hye) there were numerous incidents of repression and fabricated cases such as the " case of the People's Revolutionary Party " , " the case of Revolutionary Party for Reunification " and " the case of the Strategic Liberation party of south Korea " to name just a few . In the second "People's
Revolutionary party " in 1975 case the Park Chung Hee fascist regime executed 8 leaders of the non-existent party. The fascist regime even went so far as to kidnap Kim Dae Jung the future president of south Korea and threaten to kill him.
South Korea has a long history of fascist repression . The dictator Syngham Rhee murdered millions and drenched Jeju Island in blood. It is now admitted and formally acknowledged that that the Syngham Rhee fascists killed up to200,000 people in the so-called "Bodo league " massacre. The Lee case proves that south Korea is reviving the fascist dictatorial system and is returning to the dark days of Syngham Rhee and Park Chung Hee.
The arrest of Mr Lee and the fabrication of charges of "rebellion " is also aimed at derailing the ongoing process of inter-Korean reconciliation and the relaxation of tension on the Korean peninsula. The south Korean puppet reactionaries are trying to link the case to the north , the DPRK thus precipitating another spiral of tension. The present south Korean puppet regime has a two-fold aim , firstly to repress and destroy the pro-reunification and progressive forces within south Korean society ,secondly , to create tension and confrontation with the DPRK.
We , the ASSPUK , JISGE and UK Korean Friendship Association , call for the immediate release of Mr Lee and the dropping of all charges against him. Furthermore we call for the release of all pro -reunification patriotic and progressive prisoners in south Korea. We urge the British progressive and labour movement to do more to expose the fascist repression in south Korea.
ASSPUK
JISGE
UK KFA
PICKET THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPET FASCIST EMBASSY
26TH SEPTEMBER 4-30 OUTSIDE SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY 60 BUCKINGHAM GATE