A press release, which was read out at the conference, referred to the fact that the Lee Myung Bak group made public the "results of investigation" on the same day in which it dismissed the sinking of the warship "Cheonan" as "the north's provocation by armed attack."

The authorities are presenting fragments, which they claim found out in the waters of the incident, as decisive "evidence" but they cannot be related to the sinking of the warship in the light of their possible drifting to the waters at issue from other sea area by the tide, the thick rust formed on the fragments and the fact that the said waters are used for the firing drill of the south Korean army, the release said, and went on:

The authorities made themselves busy proving the "outside attack" only, far from making public the record of the ship's track and messages exchanged before and after the case, the statements of survivors, etc., which are the core and basic data for proving the truth about the case. They went to the length of cracking down persons and organizations which raised questions as to the case.

The release said that they could never accept the "results of investigation" in view of all the aspects including its contents, process, orientation and the sponsor organization.

The release charged that the announcement of the "results of investigation" is prompted by a foolish attempt of the authorities to flee from their responsibilities by diverting elsewhere the resentment of people critical of them and, at the same time, create the situation in favor of the conservative forces at the forthcoming "elections to local self-governing bodies."

It demanded the authorities open to the public the core data understandable to the people and opt for the total reinvestigation into the case.