North Korea sends diplomats to claim leader’s brother’s body

This photo taken on February 11, 2007 shows a man believed to be then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s eldest son, Kim Jong-Nam, walking among journalists upon his arrival at Beijing’s global airport.

Ahmad Zahid said the information that will be shared encompasses four aspects; DNA, forensics, lab reports and evidence from the CCTV footage.

Airport officials and police have insisted the facility is safe.

“VX is 100 times more lethal than sarin, the nerve agent that was used to kill and injure several thousand civilians at the 1995 Tokyo subway attack”, Yun pointed out. He died on the way to hospital.

Police have said one of the women arrested after the attack fell ill in custody, adding she had been vomiting.

The Sepang court complex was a buzz of activity as police personnel and members of the media converge for the likely murder charge against Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huang, 29, today. In the weeks since the attack, relations between the North Korean government and the Malaysian government have rapidly deteriorated.

However, according to The Star, police on Wednesday raided a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, wearing hazmat suits and oxygen tanks to protect themselves from hazardous material and left with some chemicals.

Selangor state police chief Abdul Samah Mat said earlier on Saturday authorities raided an apartment in an upscale Kuala Lumpur suburb earlier this week in connection with the killing, and were checking for any traces of chemicals in the apartment.

Lawyer Sankara Nair said that diplomats have immunity privileges even in criminal cases.

Malaysia authorities are searching for a further seven North Korean nationals they suspect of involvement in Kim’s murder, four of whom fled Malaysia the day of the murder and are reputed to be in North Korea.

Asked if the North Korean will be charged, Mr Apandi said it depends on the outcome of investigations.

Two other suspects are affiliated with Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry, one of the politicians alleged.

Kim, who died aged 45, was the eldest son and onetime apparent heir to North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il.

Deputy prime minister says due process must be carried out and concluded as per the country’s legal system first.

Malaysian press reports indicate that Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong had been working as prostitutes before the slaying. “She only said she was given a kind of oil, like baby oil”.