KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia said today it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong-nam if he doesn’t voluntarily cooperate with the police.
“Reasonable” time will be given for the diplomat to come forward before police take further action, said Datuk Abdul Samah Mat, the police chief for Selangor state.
On Wednesday, Malaysia said 44-year-old Hyon Kwang Song, a second secretary at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, was wanted for questioning over the death of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Samah said if the person concerned did not cooperate the police would issue a notice under Malaysian law, “compelling” them to appear before the investigation team.
“And if he failed to turn up upon given this notice, then we will go to the next step by getting a warrant of arrest from the court,” he told reporters.
Eight North Koreans are wanted in connection with the case, including the diplomat. One has been detained by the Malaysian police, four are believed to have fled to North Korea, while two others are still in Malaysia.
Kim Jong-nam was murdered on February 13 at the Kuala Lumpur international airport by VX nerve agent, classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, Malaysian police said on Friday.
Two women ― one Indonesian and one Vietnamese ― have also been detained. Police had said on Friday that one of them had suffered from the effects of VX and had been vomiting.
Samah also confirmed that authorities raided an apartment in an upscale Kuala Lumpur suburb on Wednesday in connection with the killing.
Investigators were still looking for any traces of chemicals in the apartment, he added.
MEANWHILE, according to the Star:
KUALA LUMPUR: The North Korean Embassy here received an envelope which has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stamp on it.
An unidentified man clad in casual clothes arrived at the embassy gates on Saturday and handed the envelope to an official from the embassy.
A stamp from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was seen on the envelope.
Earlier, embassy officials told journalists who were waiting outside the gate to make way as they were expecting a document.
They would not reveal the contents of the envelope.
The embassy has been a hive of activity since the murder of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at KL International Airport 2 on Feb 13.
― Reuters / ANN
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