- Title: Security tightened at Kuala Lumpur morgue where Kim Jong Nam's body is kept
- Date: 21st February 2017
- Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (FEBRUARY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PICK UP TRUCKS FROM THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN POLICE SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES ARRIVING AT MORGUE PICK UP TRUCKS IN MORGUE PARKING LOT MASKED MAN GETTING OUT OF PICK UP TRUCK PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMAN WAVING TOWARDS ENTRANCE OF MORGUE MEDIA WAITING IN FRONT OF GATE VARIOUS OF MASKED ARMED
- Embargoed: 7th March 2017 04:50
- Keywords: North Korea Malaysia Kim Jong Nam murder morgue security
- Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- City: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA00164GQ9TZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Police tightened security in the early hours of Tuesday (February 21) at the morgue where the body of Kim Jong Nam is being kept.
Plain clothes police officers and at least four pick up trucks from the Royal Malaysian Police Special Operations Forces arrived at the premises at around 1:40 am (17:40 GMT) local time.
No official reasons were given for the police operation.
Earlier in the day media reported the son of the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader who was murdered in Kuala Lumpur last week, would arrive in the Malaysian capital late on Monday (February 20), according to an airline source.
The son of Kim Jong Nam, 22-year-old Kim Han Sol, was expected to arrive in the Malaysian capital from Macau late on Monday (February 20), according to an airline source and a media report.
Malaysian authorities have said they will release the body of the victim, believed to have been killed by North Korean agents, to next of kin. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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