A North Korean diplomat is wanted for questioning over the killing of Kim Jong-Un’s brother, reports said.
Malaysian investigators are currently trying to to find the embassy official so they can grill him about the killing of Kim Jong Nam, 45, at a Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13, according to the Agence France-Presse.
Local police officials said they have already been able to identify at least five North Koreans who were in some way connected to the killing — and they are now seeking three more for questioning, AFP reports.
At least one of the three individuals is said to be working at the embassy as second secretary, while the other is employed by the North Korean airline Air Koryo, authorities said.
They are all believed to still be in Malaysia.
“We have written to the ambassador to allow us to interview both of them,” Malaysian national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said early Wednesday, local time.
“We hope that the Korean embassy will cooperate with us and allow us to interview them quickly. If not we will compel them to come to us.”
The Associated Press and Reuters also reported Tuesday night that Malaysian authorities had announced the additional North Korean suspects, including the diplomat.
“He’s the second secretary of the embassy,” Bakar said.
Jong Nam, who is Jong Un’s estranged half-brother, was killed just as he was preparing to board a flight to Macau.
While the precise cause of death is not known, Bakar said Wednesday that the two women arrested for his murder had been well-trained assassins, who used nothing but their bare hands to poison him.
The toxin they used, which is still unknown, was allegedly placed on their hands by a North Korean.
The communist nation blasted Malaysia’s probe into Jong Nam’s murder on Monday, claiming investigators have already “pinned” the killing on them without thoroughly investigating.
With Post Wires