A citizen of Korea Lee Chung-Chul, which in Malaysia was suspected of involvement in the death of half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN — Kim Jong-Nam, said that Malaysian police tried to intimidate him by the loss of his wife and children if he did not plead guilty. About it as transfers TASS, he told reporters at the DPRK Embassy in Beijing, where he arrived after the deportation.
Li Chong-Chul said that on the evening of 17 February to his home burst 17 policemen during a family dinner. Without presenting a warrant, they cuffed him and started searching. Police confiscated his phone and made a call.
The police claimed that the found in his house automotive fuel and brake fluid is poisonous. Later he told investigators that during a search allegedly found paper folding with a poisonous substance. However, Li Chong-Chul was present only in the first seven hours of search, then they took him to the station, and he knows nothing about the origin of these clues.
According to Li Chong-Chul, during his stay in prison, the police showed him pictures of his wife and children. As stated by the Korean guards told his family “are in prison because of his and will die if he does not recognize his guilt”. “He said if you confess can let you and your loved ones to live a good life in Malaysia,” he added.
“And then I realized that it was an insidious plot that aims to discredit day by day growing authority of Korea,” said Lee Chung-Chul. “To fabricate allegations against me, they wanted to force me to change the country”, — he stressed. After that, he decided to fight to the end, to deny the “false evidence” and to prove his innocence.
In the night of Saturday, 4 March, 47-year-old Li Chong Chol, his wife and two children were deported from Malaysia and accompanied by two employees of the DPRK Embassy in Kuala Lumpur arrived in Beijing. It is expected that then they will go to Pyongyang. North Korean citizen is denied entry to Malaysia.
Li Chong-Chul lived on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur with his wife and daughter, who is studying in a private University. According to some, he is a chemist who took part in some studies in Calcutta, which continued until 2011. It is also known that he received a working visa in Malaysia four years ago, however, the company is engaged in food additives did not work.
On suspicion of involvement in the crime arrested a citizen of Malaysia, a Vietnamese citizen and a citizen of Indonesia. The last — 25-year-old Siti Aisha got poisoning Kim Jong-Nam $ 90. Also declared wanted are four citizens of the DPRK.
Kim Jong-Nam, was killed at the airport in Kuala Lumpur with toxic substances nervously-paralytic action. According to police, the woman caused a toxic substance on the face of Kim Jong-Nam with his bare hands. They are charged with murder. In this article, the court may issue them a death sentence.
South Korea and the United States argue that the victim was killed by agents of the North Korean regime. Pyongyang does not recognize that the victim — it’s Kim Jong Nam.