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Pro-Pyongyang group raided over security law breach

By Korea Herald

Published : May 1, 2013 - 20:55

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Police have raided the office of a pro-North Korean activist group as part of a probe into its alleged violation of the nation’s draconian security law, officers said Wednesday.

The so-called “sopoong” is a Seoul-based organization formed in

2006 by pro-North activists. The group claims its goal is to call for the reunification of the two Koreas.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it has also searched the houses of 10 members of the organization to search and seize relevant digital files and documents.

Lee Joon-il, the chairman of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party’s Jungrang district, has also been arrested in connection with the probe, the SMPA said. Lee previously served as the group’s chief. (Yonhap News)