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South Korea: Students arrested, charged under the National Security Act

The academic group of students, Capitalism Research Society, the study Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) and its president's national security team with members of the other charges is under arrest, the Hankyoreh on March 24.

Detained society, known as Chloe President, has been charged with violating the National Security Law.

According to police, Chloe and his team have openly supported the 'enemy', North Korea. After they formed an assembly of pro-North Korea in 2006, the New Generation Young Communists' accused of the flag. Also, support for the enemy in the Alternative Economic camp in January 2008, following the actions of the group were more than 30 pro-North Korea has published writings on the Internet.

Two former members of the group were released on March 21, while the other 12 representatives of their houses seized computers, USB keys and documents to be searched by the police. The police announced that students would be interrogated.

They criticized the arrests of an opposition leader in the police-state atmosphere is the same.

Beak Won-woo, secretary of the Democratic Party, the opposition accused the authorities of North Korea's use of ideology as a source of the crisis between the two countries alive.

Lee Jung-he, chair of the Democratic Labor Party, the police said the arrests would lead to increased pressure on students and other citizens, forcing them to self-censorship. He said the students were members of his party were arrested, and police described the action as an attempt to discredit the opposition.

Since December 2010, North Korea attacked the South Korean government to tighten control of its pro-North Korean propaganda in the country, especially on the Internet.