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Military chief accused of faking document on night of ship sinking
Yonhap ^ | 6/11/2010 | Yonhap

Posted on 06/10/2010 9:00:17 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

South Korea's top military officer has been accused of being absent from the defense ministry's main command and control center on the night of North Korea's torpedo attack on a South Korean warship in the Yellow Sea, state auditors disclosed Friday.

Gen. Lee Sang-eui, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), is also suspected of having manipulated an internal document to pretend that he was present at the command and control center throughout the night on March 26, when the warship Cheonan sank, killing 46 sailors, officials at the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.yonhapnews.co.kr ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheonan; koreanpeninsula; leesangeui; nkorea; pcc772; seoul; skorea; southkorea

1 posted on 06/10/2010 9:00:18 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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General Lee Sang-eui is the man on the left with fatigues.
2 posted on 06/10/2010 9:14:23 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Strong)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Oh man! This is bad.


3 posted on 06/10/2010 9:24:39 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

He is a member of the JSC of South Korea. I expect that he would be on duty when major international incident is happening. Dont worry is photo is also spashed all over Yohnap news.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 11:49:36 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Strong)
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To: sonofstrangelove

manipulated an internal document to pretend that he was present

Whoops.


5 posted on 06/10/2010 11:52:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (*)
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To: SaraJohnson

And Sober.


6 posted on 06/10/2010 11:53:04 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Strong)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I agree. A BIG whoops


7 posted on 06/10/2010 11:53:58 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Strong)
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