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Kim Jong-nam Murder Case: Police Seek For Another Four Suspects

Kim Jong Nam Poison To Death


USPA NEWS - A man from North Korea has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader´s half brother, as a diplomatic row erupted over the body. Saying the first autopsy had been inconclusive, Malaysian authorities said they would perform a second post-mortem.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 - Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim hold a press conference today said police were looking for another four North Korean suspects in the connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of Democratic People´s Republic of Korea´s (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un.

All the suspects at large are believed to be from the DPRK, said Noor Rashid Ibrahim, Malaysia´s deputy inspector-general, at a press conference. They are all male and aged between 33 and 57, and have left the country the day the murder took place. They were holding normal passports, not diplomatic passports.
Two female suspects, one an Indonesian called Siti Aishah, 25, and the other carrying Vietnamese travel documents, named Doan Thi Huong, 28, have also been arrested, while a Malaysian man has been detained. Noor Rashid Ibrahim said they are trying to get Kim Jong-nam´s next of kin to "assist" the ongoing investigation. 

The cause of Kim Jong Nam's death is yet to be identified, pending the results of pathological and toxicological tests, the deputy police chief said. Kim Jong-nam died on Monday after being assaulted at Kuala Lumpur international airport, where he was catching a flight, AirAsia AK 8380, to Macau at 10.05am. South Korean and US officials have said he was assassinated by North Korean agents.
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