North Korea Reacts to UN Plan to Investigate Human Rights Abuses

Says the possible investigation is a politically motivated plot

(Reuters) – North Korea condemned a threatened U.N. investigation into its alleged human rights abuses on Monday and denounced a U.N. report as "faked material … invented by the hostile forces, defectors and other rabbles".

The U.N. Human Rights Council is likely to back a call by Japan and the European Union to set up a "Commission of Inquiry" later this month, meaning that the isolated Asian state will face much closer scrutiny.