I feel so crushed and humiliated that I hardly have the energy to say I am sorry. I seek your forgiveness.

I sincerely apologize to the nation for using erroneous data in the papers.

After analyzing the data, our team concluded that the results . . . could not be trusted.

I would like to have time to confirm the validity of the technology.

I apologize to the people for creating an unspeakable shock and disappointment. I step down as professor of Seoul National University.

I respectfully ask legal authorities to launch an investigation as soon as possible. I am desperate to find out who switched the samples for what motive and how.