Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- The Japanese reactionaries mobilized lots of police on October 29 to search organizations of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo, vociferating about "violation of the law on taxation." This is illegal and fascist politically-motivated suppression of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan and at the same time, another grave infringement upon the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed commentary.

The "violation of the law on taxation" touted by the Japanese authorities is nothing but a pretext to justify their suppression, and the above-said search is, in fact, the fascist racket aiming at exterminating Chongryon, the commentary notes, and goes on:

The search is a product of villainous and wicked design peculiar to the Japanese reactionaries who are trying to gain their sinister political purpose by pressurizing the DPRK.

Their anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryon moves have reached very serious phase which should not be overlooked.

The reality goes to prove that the Japanese reactionaries are betes noires and a gang of worst hooligans who trample down upon the dignity and sovereignty of other countries and nations and commit human rights abuses against them at random to serve their exclusive purposes.

The Japanese reactionaries' persistent suppression of Chongryon will make the settling of the issue more difficult and redouble Korean people's hostility and indignation against Japan. We have in thorough stock all the unpardonable crimes committed by Japan in the past and will never tolerate the Japanese reactionaries' hostility towards the DPRK getting more pronounced as the days go by.

The Japanese reactionaries would be well advised to behave themselves, mindful that the reckless suppression of Chongryon is a suicidal act of pricking their eyes with their own hands.