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CCTV May Hold Key to Truth

Posted July. 15, 2008 07:52,   

한국어

With the increasing number of South Koreans who witnessed the shooting death of Park Wang-ja, a South Korean tourist to Mount Geumgang, there is increasing speculation that North Korea intentionally manipulated the time of Park’s death.

Under these circumstances, a surveillance camera installed in the North’s military off-limit zone is thought to be one of the objective proofs that will clear various speculations over the incident.

The witnesses so far maintain that they heard the gunshots later than 5 a.m. on July 11, rather than 4:50 a.m. claimed by the North.

If their testimony is true, there is a possibility that the North intentionally advanced the time of the shooting.

Regarding this, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyon said, “The government is now having interviews with the witnesses and verifying their statements after forming a joint investigation team to find the truth.”

Hyundai Asan CEO Yoon Man-joon and his team, who have been at the mountain resort from July 12, reportedly requested the North to check if the incident was recorded by the surveillance camera. But the North’s response has not been confirmed yet.

The surveillance camera in question is a fixed-type camera facing the beach at an angle of 45 degrees.

A Hyundai Asan source said, “It was confirmed that the CCTV is one of the safety equipments that Hyundai Asan provided to the North’s Mount Geumgang tour authorities in July 2005 when camping was allowed in the Mount Geumgang beach.”

The source also added that it was the North who requested the CCTV back then, and that it is under the control of the North at present.



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