They held that the investigation into the case, supervised by the military authorities, the object of investigation, was conducted in such a way as to serve the purpose of drawing the conclusion that the warship was sunken by "a torpedo of the north", while the key information about it was kept from being opened to media.

They urged the authorities to open the key information to media and conduct overall reinvestigation and thus probe the truth behind the case and hold in check inter-Korean confrontation and military conflict.

Organizations of Catholic, Buddhism, Kaesin, and Zen Buddhism on May 24 sent a letter of protest to the U.S. embassy in Seoul as regards the case of warship "Cheonan" sinking, urging the U.S. to open to public correct information about the background against which the warship sank and properly probe the truth behind the case.

Meanwhile, 91 civic, public and religious organizations and opposition parties held an emergency meeting on the situation for peace of the Korean Peninsula at the Paekbom Memorial Hall in Seoul Wednesday. Among them were the Democratic Party, the Democratic Labor Party, the South Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea's Reunification, the Citizens' Solidarity for Democratic Society, the Women's Solidarity, the Catholic Priests' Council for Justice and the Association of Buddhist Priests for Realizing Buddhism.

At the meeting they declared that they would jointly react to the puppet group of traitors' reckless acts of aggravating the situation.

Adopted there was a declaration on the situation demanding that the authorities immediately stop the anti-DPRK provocative rackets and lift measures for military confrontation which may lead to a war.

89 former lawmakers of south Korea issued a statement on Wednesday urging the puppet authorities to immediately stop misusing the above-said case for their political aims.