Kim Jong-Nam
The body of Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, will be returned to the DPRK. This is stated in the message published on the website of the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak.
“We received a letter from the family of the slain to return his remains to North Korea, and the coroner has approved the move — stated in the message. — The government firmly believes in the need to respect the principles of justice and sovereignty, and the police investigation into this serious crime in the land of Malaysia, will continue.”
Earlier it was reported that Razak announced the end of the crisis in relations between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur after the North Korean authorities have allowed the Malaysian diplomats to freely leave the territory of the DPRK.
March 16, Japanese media quoted the Deputy head of police of Malaysia, Noor Rashid Ibrahim reported that the family of Kim Jong-Nam has expressed a desire to pick up a corpse and left to the discretion of the Malaysian authorities the decision on what to do with his body.
Body kept in the morgue of the hospital Kuala Lumpur for more than six months since 13 February, when the capital’s airport was killed, a citizen of North Korea with passport in the name of Kim Chol. According to the Malaysian police, it was Kim Jong-Nam, brother of North Korean leader Kim Than the UN. The leather men had traces of the nerve agent VX, prohibited by the international chemical weapons Convention.