- Title: North Korean officials visit police station holding suspect in murder probe
- Date: 2nd March 2017
- Summary: SEPANG, SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA (MARCH 2, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SEPANG POLICE STATION SIGNBOARD OF POLICE STATION READING: "IPD SEPANG" NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY COUNSELOR, KIM YU SONG, WALKING INTO POLICE STATION CAR MOVING TO PARKING LOT NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY CAR AT PARKING LOT ENTRANCE TO POLICE STATION VARIOUS OF KIM AND ANOTHER NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY STAFF WALKING OUT
- Embargoed: 16th March 2017 10:52
- Keywords: North Korea Malaysia Kim Jong Nam police station
- Location: SEPANG, SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
- City: SEPANG, SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
- Country: North Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA001669OGUF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:North Korean embassy officials on Thursday (March 2) visited a Malaysian police station ahead of the deportation of Ri Jong Chol who was detained in connection to the murder of Kim Jong Nam.
Malaysia has said Kim, who is the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed with the super toxic nerve agent VX. North Korea has denied the dead man is Kim Jong Nam and said there was strong indication that heart attack was the cause of his death.
Ri will be deported on Friday (March 3) as there is insufficient evidence to charge him, Malaysian Attorney General Mohamed Apandi said.
He was arrested in Kuala Lumpur on February 17, four days after Kim's murder. It is unclear what Ri's suspected role was in the murder.
The reason of the officials' visit on Thursday to where Ri is currently held is unknown.
South Korean intelligence and U.S. officials say the murder was an assassination organised by the North Korean agents. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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