KL demands respect from N Korea, as two more suspects named

“We knew there were attempts by someone to break into the hospital mortuary”.

Khalid said the women knew they were handling poisonous materials and “were warned to take precautions”.

“They used their bare hands”, he said, adding that they were instructed to wash their hands afterwards.

Detectives are also holding an Indonesian woman and her Malaysian boyfriend, as well as a Vietnamese woman.

“We also respect the laws of other countries if it is found that Malaysians are involved in criminal activities and have committed crimes relating to the laws of that country”, added Dr Ahmad Zahid.

The chemical could have originated from a North Korea biotechnology center, a South Korean activist said Wednesday.

North Korean ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol looks toward reporters asking questions, as he leaves the North Korean embassy for a meeting he was called to at the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 20.

“This is not just like shooting a movie”.

But North Korea insisted the women were telling the truth.

Seoul’s National Intelligence Service identified Kim Jong Nam as the victim and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had issued a standing order to eliminate his half brother soon after he came to power in 2011. Officials have said they are waiting on the results of laboratory tests before announcing his cause of death.

Malaysian police on Wednesday named two more suspects, a North Korean diplomat and a state airline official.

The four other are believed to have fled Kuala Lumpur shortly after the attack.

Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur have enjoyed relatively warm economic ties, with some bilateral trade and citizens from both countries entitled to travel to the other under a unique reciprocal visa-free deal.

“We have requested that North Korean embassy in Malaysia to contact the deceased’s next of kin”. They have repeatedly demanded the return of Jong-nam’s body – which is curious in itself, since he was not a resident of North Korea for nearly two decades.

Armed men have been stationed around the hospital morgue, perhaps to protect Kim Han Sol if he did go to claim the body, or perhaps to guard against potential body-snatchers.

Malaysian officials confirmed they are seeking two more people in conjunction with the assassination of Kim Jong Nam.

Asked if there was any indication that he had been poisoned, Noor Hisham said medical specimens had been forwarded to experts who can determine the cause of death.

The police chief said two women also arrested over the murder were aware they were taking part in a poison attack, after reports they believed it was a prank. Earlier Monday, Malaysia said it was recalling its ambassador to Pyongyang. The 45-year-old was poisoned by two unidentified female agents using poisoned needles at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, according to South Korean broadcaster TV Chosun.

South Korea’s spy agency believes North Korea was behind the killing, but has produced no evidence.

He also noted that North Korea had a history of committing terrorist attacks overseas and executing its own officials deemed a threat to the country’s leader.