Top cop explains reason for presence of the Special Task Force on Organised Crime at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: An attempted break-in at the morgue housing the body of murdered Kim Jong Nam, was what prompted the heavy police presence at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, says the Inspector-General of Police.
“We are taking precautions and not allowing anybody to do whatever (they want),” Khalid Abu Bakar said at a press conference at Bukit Aman.
Khalid was responding to questions about the presence of the police’s Special Task Force on Organised Crime (Stafoc) team at the hospital grounds.
His statement comes a day after AFP reported that Malaysian armed guards were standing watch at the hospital amid reports that Jong Nam’s son, Kim Han Sol, had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim his father’s remains.
A convoy of four unmarked vehicles entered the hospital compound early in the morning, with around 30 Malaysian special forces members securing the area. All left by mid-morning.
Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was murdered last Monday at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2).
His murder has sparked a diplomatic row between Pyongyang and Malaysia, after North Korea insisted the body be returned to them. North Korea also objected to the autopsy that Malaysian authorities conducted on Jong Nam’s body.
Putrajaya however has stood firm on the matter, insisting that Jong Nam’s body remain in Malaysia until a family member comes forward to provide a DNA sample and make a positive identification of the body. -FMT
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