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Kuala Lumpur, March 2, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Malaysia will deport a North Korean held in connection with the death of Kim Jong Nam, and cancel visa-free entry for all North Koreans, the report said on Thursday.
It said that diplomatic ties between the two countries frayed further following the murder at Kuala Lumpur’s airport.
The relationship between Malaysia and North Korea turned soured since the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jung Un was murdered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport with a super toxic nerve agent.
South Korean intelligence and U.S. officials said the murder was an assassination organised by North Korean agents.
Although, the only suspects charged in the case so far are an Indonesian woman and a Vietnamese woman.
Police are also holding one North Korean man and want to question seven others, including a senior official in the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
“The detained North Korean, Ri Chol, will be deported on Friday as there is insufficient evidence to charge him,’’ Malaysian Attorney General Mohamed Ali said.
Ri was arrested in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 17 with a work permit that was valid till Feb. 6.
It is unclear what Ri’s suspected role was in the murder.
Security camera footage showed two women assaulting Kim Jong Nam at the airport as he was waiting to board a flight to Macau, where he had been living with his family. (Reuters/NAN)
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=======Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Morayo Omolade