North Korean state media published an angry reaction to the arrest of the Chongryon chief’s son by Japanese police on Tuesday.

The article, published on Thursday, carries quotes from a spokesperson of the DPRK-Japan Exchange Association criticizing the arrest and calling it a breach of sovereignty.

“Such tyrannical action deliberately taken on the threshold of the 60th anniversary of the formation of Chongryon is touching off towering resentment of all the Koreans,” the article reads.

“The repeated politically-motivated suppression of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan should never be overlooked as it is a wanton violation of the sovereignty of the