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Investigation into "Joint Investigation Team" Urged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, July 6 (KCNA) -- The media verification committee for probing the truth about the warship "Cheonan", made up of three media organizations including the Journalist Association of south Korea, on July 2 made public a document titled "Refutation of answer given by joint investigation team."

The document said that the media verification committee confirmed in more than 40 days of its activities most of the fact that the "joint investigation team" made errors in its analysis and falsified facts.

The committee refuted what the "investigation team" briefed on the warship sinking case on June 29.

It said that the committee also confirmed that the "investigation team" twisted the testimonies made by soldiers as to the issue of column of water and told lies about the transformed propeller.

The committee held that the "investigation team" should be held accountable for the false testimonies in which the "investigation team" claimed at first the torpedo design was contained in the so-called brochure but later asserted it was found on a CD and the like.

Stating that since the felt-tip pen with which "No. 1" was written is in wide use worldwide, it is "meaningless to use it for characterizing a state," the committee stressed: The above-said investigation team should not be allowed to conduct any investigation but should become its target. There should be inspection of the state administration to probe the truth behind the course of the investigation made by the team and the overall results of its investigation.

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