Pyongyang, January 11 (KCNA) -- Sin Sang Chol, a former member of the joint team for investigation into the warship "Cheonan" sinking, posted an article disclosing the truth behind the case on an internet website of south Korea on Monday.
In the article he had already made a conclusion that there was no explosion that sent the warship into the bottom of the sea, adding he denied the fact that a torpedo went off below the ship.
That is to say, there was no torpedo at all, he stressed, and went on:
Discussion on the torpedo itself is a fabrication.
The Defense Ministry described the case as "sinking by explosion" and made an official announcement. Little over 15 days later, the joint investigation team announced that a thorough survey of the seabed of the waters close to the point where the stern of the ship sank resulted in discovering a torpedo. Then it opened the design of the torpedo and its photo to media.
But, the torpedo made public by the Defense Ministry for the first time touched off a dispute soon. There were many suspicions. Measurement of the design was not right. Why was the numerical value cm? The style of written language was not north's. Why is the torpedo so old as it had been under water just for 50-odd days? With what evidence do they prove the torpedo is from the north?
As these suspicions were made, the joint investigation team opened the "north's torpedo No. 1" in a glass box on May 20, 2010.
The appearance of the torpedo produced as a real thing, not one in photo, made the world attention distant from the photographed torpedo made public five days ago.
But, what mattered was the second.
A scrutiny into the torpedo in the photo and the second torpedo in a glass box shows they were not identical to each other.
At a glance, the second torpedo looks similar to the first torpedo. But it is not hard to clarify the fact that the comparison of every part with those of the torpedo produced earlier suggests that they are quite different from each other.
There were clear traces proving much effort was made to make the torpedo produced for the second time look similar to the first torpedo opened to media.
The results of the close photographing of the torpedo showed such clumsy work that traces of the work done by a press to make the parts of the controversial torpedo look similar to the old rusted parts in the center of the torpedo were clearly visible.
He consulted the two different torpedoes with lawyers and submitted its results to the court bench as evidence along with convincing opinions on them.
There were clear traces of rubbing rust to write "No. 1." How do you think about the fact that there were not one but two torpedoes, an indication of the height of fabrication? -0-
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