KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) — Footage from airport cameras purportedly showing the assault on the half-brother of the North Korean leader emerged on Monday (February 20) as a row between Malaysia and North Korea escalated over the handling of the investigation into the killing of Kim Jong Nam. CCTV footage, released by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV, purported to show Kim Jong Nam being assaulted in Kuala Lumpur International Airport by a woman, who is believed […]
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Malaysian forensics test samples in N. Korea killing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian government scientists were on Friday examining samples from the autopsy of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, after the 45-year-old was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur’s airport. Police were meanwhile questioning two female suspects who were arrested carrying Vietnamese and Indonesian passports, as well as a Malaysian man, as they attempted to shed light on the murder of Kim Jong-Nam. Lab forensics received samples from the post-mortem late Thursday and […]
Half-brother of N. Korean leader killed in Malaysia: media
by Simon MARTIN Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean female agents operating in Malaysia have reportedly assassinated the half-brother of the North’s leader, Kim Jong-Un — a one-time heir apparent who became a critic of the Stalinist regime. South Korean media said Tuesday that Kim Jong-Nam was killed with poisoned needles at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Officials in Seoul and the Malaysian capital could not confirm his death. Malaysian police said […]





