PCC-772 Cheonan: Photographic Evidence that “No. 1″ Written on Top of Rust

by Scott Creighton

The official lie about the sinking of the Cheonan is falling apart so the government is cracking down. “Prime Minister Chung Un-chan ordered the government to come up with a measure to stop the widespread rumors surrounding the Cheonan’s sinking.”  Joong Ang Daily, May 29, 2010

My first article is being attacked in the South Korean government supporting press and as a result of the continued pressure from the South Korean people, they are even changing the “official story” since they have to admit the first CHT-O2D torpedo drawing didn’t match the recovered evidence.

A reader has left a comment here linking to images of the “No. 1″ that was written on the torpedo. For many reasons, this is clearly forged evidence. But the reader who linked to a website with actual photographic evidence helps to prove beyond any doubt that someone wrote “No. 1″ on the torpedo part AFTER it was brought out of the water. 

(Thanks to all the readers who are diligently helping with this unofficial investigation. The people of South Korea are flooding this site with important comments and links and I thank each one of them.)

Below are official statements made about the forgery of the “No. 1″ writing on the torpedo remains as well as the photographic evidence that it was written on top of rust.

Mr. Shin was one of the investigators assigned to help with the official investigation of the sinking of the Cheonan. He is now being investigated for disagreeing with the “official results“.

 Shin said Wednesday in a lecture he titled “Can we trust the Cheonan probe outcome?”

“The magnified photo of the evidence showed that the marking was written on the rusted surface,” he said. “If it were the North who marked it, the marking should have been written on a smooth surface.” Mr. Shin, one of the official investigators from the South Korean official investigation.

This appeared in the Asia Times. It details how “No. 1″ was written in a manner more consistent with South Korea than with North Korea.

The investigation team produced what it termed “conclusive evidence”: the eye-catching hand-written Korean markings “ilbon” or “No 1″ in English found on the propulsion section of the used torpedo allegedly recovered from the sea bed.

This turns out to be most inconclusive and counter-productive, calling into serious question the credibility of the findings. The use of “ilbon” in Korean script – not in Chinese characters – may look like North Korean writing, which is distinctly different from what is written in South Korea.

But native North Koreans use “ilho” for the English “No 1″. “Ilbon” is what South Koreans would use, although North Korean street addresses more often than often not do contain numerals like “ilbon“.  Asia Times

Below are the actual images of the writing of “No. 1″ written on the evidence. You can clearly see through the progression that the marker ink was laid on top of some of the rust. You can also see where an area was cleaned prior to the writing.

This is the website the following images came from… they also show how the build-up on the propeller blades could not have occurred in only a month and a half.

Between the investigator’s claim, the discrepancy between what the South Korean version and the North Korean version of “No.1″ is, and these photos showing pitting and rust below the ink of the writing (confirming what the South Korean investigator claims) there is little doubt this “evidence” was fabricated to implicate North Korea.