Recalling that the authorities arrested Ri Chun Gun, producer of PD Notebook from MBC, for disclosing the danger of the American beef in the wake of the recent detention of the chairman of the Yonhap TV News Trade Unions, the statement said that this brought the Lee regime's fascist nature into bolder relief.

There would be no one who would be afraid of the authorities' fascist suppression and tyranny, the statement noted, declaring that the media persons of conscience in south Korea would take the lead in the struggle to put an end to the Lee Myung Bak fascist dictatorial regime and build a genuine people's society.