It is reported that the captain posted such articles on Internet websites several times since December last year, in token of a protest against unpopular policy of the present regime.

The puppet group deliberately linked him to the Unified Progressive Party, an opposition party, to intensify suppression, saying it would severely punish him.

In this regard, the south Korean people from different social standings are voicing protest against the authorities' unreasonable threat and suppression of those who raised just demand and violation of freedom of expression.