Malaysian authorities deported about 50 North Korean workers. On Tuesday, March 14, reports The Star.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the citizens of the DPRK expired visa, currently they are in the state of Sarawak on the island of Kalimantan.
“Those who have a valid visa, you can stay,” he concluded.
Hamidi added that currently in Malaysia there are 315 North Koreans.
As the newspaper notes, the relations between the DPRK and Malaysia had worsened after the 13th of February at the airport of Kuala Lumpur, was killed by a citizen of North Korea with passport in the name of Kim Chol. According to the Malaysian police, it was Kim Jong-Nam, half-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. South Korea have argued from the outset that the victim was the brother of the leader of the DPRK. Pyongyang does not recognize.