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Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 20, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday that his government’s investigation of the killing of North Korean leader’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam will be “objective”, as tension rose between the countries.
Earlier, Malaysia said it had recalled its envoy from Pyongyang and summoned North Korea’s ambassador in Kuala Lumpur.
The ambassador had casts doubt on the impartiality of Malaysia’s investigation into the murder and said the victim was not Kim Jong Nam.
“We have no reason why we want to do something to paint North Korea in a bad light, but we will be objective,’’ Najib said while addressing reporters.
CCTV footage obtained by Reuters appeared to show Kim Jong Nam.
He was being attacked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Monday by a woman, who is believed to have wiped a fast-acting poison on his face.
Kim Jong Nam, 46, who had been living in the Chinese territory of Macau under Beijing’s protection, had spoken out publicly against his family’s dynastic control of isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea.
South Korean legislators had last week cited their spy agency as saying the young and unpredictable North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, had issued a “standing order” for his half-brother’s assassination.
It said that there had been a failed attempt in 2012.
Malaysian police have detained four North Koreans who fled from the country on the day of the attack. (dpa/NAN)
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