Mitsubishi Motors admits manipulating fuel-efficiency tests
Shares plunge; carmaker to set up committee of external experts and publish results of probe expeditiously
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JAPANESE carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation on Wednesday admitted that it manipulated pollution test data in more than 600,000 vehicles, after reports of misconduct sent its Tokyo-listed shares crashing earlier in the day.
The company said it would halt production and sales of the affected vehicle models - mini-cars sold in Japan - and launch a probe into cars sold overseas.
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