Killer Kim Jong-Nam took refuge in the Embassy
The Malaysian police cordoned off the building of the diplomatic mission of the DPRK in Kuala Lumpur.
A diplomatic row between Malaysia and the DPRK broke out after the death of Kim Jong-Nam, eldest brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong UN, is gaining momentum. Malaysian police cordoned off the DPRK Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and forbade the citizens of North Korea to go beyond the territory. Informed the North Korean authorities have barred from leaving the country to citizens of Malaysia.
Police in Kuala Lumpur cordoned off the building hosting the diplomatic mission of the DPRK. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of internal Affairs of Malaysia, Nur Mohamed Jazlan.
According to Reuters, this is done to identify all diplomats.
“We’re trying to identify all of the Embassy staff that are here,” said the head of the Malaysian Ministry of the interior.
According to the Malaysian police, the Embassy can hide the persons involved in the death of Kim Jong-Nam, eldest brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN.
The DPRK Embassy was cordoned off after an emergency meeting of the security Council, which was chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak.
The reason for the meeting was the ban of the authorities of the DPRK to leave the country, Malaysian citizens.
The tension between the States increased in consequence of the death at the airport of Kuala Lumpur Kim Jong-Nam, older brother of Kim Jong-UN. Half-brother of North Korean leader was killed on the morning of 14 February 2017 at the airport in Kuala Lumpur waiting for the flight boarding in Macau. He suddenly felt ill and was sent to a nearby hospital, but died on the way to the ambulance. Before he died, he felt a burning sensation in the eyes and then lost consciousness.
Footage shows ‘female hit squad spray North Korean leader”s brother in the face with poison’ https://t.co/Y6z6GSJoec pic.twitter.com/FBXFSbTZUc
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 20, 2017
Investigators have officially stated that the cause of his death was impact fosfororganicheskikh chemical warfare agent VX. When ingested this substance on human skin, it causes cramping and stop the work of a number of internal organs, including breathing, for half an hour. This period is accompanied by weakness and spasms.
Most experts agree that VX is the most deadly nerve gas on earth. It is banned worldwide for use in military purposes.
At first it was reported that the man was able to kill two spies with poisoned needles, and later it turned out that on the face of the brother of North Korean leader was draped a handkerchief soaked with poison gas. Surveillance cameras caught two women allegedly involved in the death of Kim Jong-Nam. One of them was wearing a white t-shirt with large inscription “LOL”. Now both women are in custody.
One of the suspects, detained on the morning of 15 February, was a ticket to Vietnam on the flight of a local airline by the name of Doan thi Huong. In addition, the investigation said that the second arrested in the case — a citizen of Indonesia 25-year-old city, the ICU moved to Malaysia to find work. Initially, women said that they were hired to participate in the drawing. However, the police denied this version.
The head of the national police of Malaysia Khalid Abu Bakar said that the footage from the security cameras can see exactly how she held their hands and she went to the toilet to wash.
“So she knew very well that it was poison and need to wash my hands,” said Khalid Abu Bakar.
The chief of police of Malaysia said earlier that three citizens of North Korea, wanted in connection with the case of the death of Kim Jong-Nam, hiding in the Embassy of the DPRK in Kuala Lumpur. Also, according to local security officials in the assassination of the brother of the leader of the DPRK could participate and one of the staff of the North Korean airline Air Koryo.
According to South Korean media, the alleged killer of the dictator’s brother has already left Malaysia. And they fled through Moscow and Vladivostok. Newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing its own sources in the South Korean diplomatic circles that South Korea has asked Russia to find the four DPRK nationals, suspects in the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, before they return to Pyongyang. All of them left Malaysia, using a flight via Jakarta, Dubai, Moscow and Vladivostok.
According to a source in diplomatic circles, Seoul first approached Moscow with a request urgently to locate and detain suspects to verify their identities.
“However, the Russian side has not fulfilled this request and allowed (the suspect) to leave the country, — says the interlocutor of the edition. At the time, as the initial stage in the investigation was not sufficient progress, and the suspects was a citizen of North Korea, Russia has no reason to comply with the request of the Republic of Korea”.
However, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the office had not received any formal requests. As far as we know, the investigation of the incident with North Korean citizen is a Malaysian party. Reliable information about the involvement of the citizens of the DPRK the incident, as well as official request about their detention from the competent side to the Russian side… not received, — said Zakharov.