SOMETHING IS VERY FISHY: NAJIB IMMEDIATELY SHOOTS DOWN N KOREA’S REQUEST FOR JOINT PROBE, OFFERS NO EXPLANATION FOR DNA REQUEST, CCTV LEAK, ‘ILLEGAL’ POLICE RAIDS

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks at the opening of the International Conference on Deradicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 25, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/Files

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has shot down North Korea’s demand for a joint investigation to be conducted into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

He also brushed aside North Korea’s assertion that it had lost trust in Malaysia’s investigation into the murder.

“Our police and doctors are very professional. I have absolute confidence that they are very objective in whatever they do.

“We have no reason why we would want to do something that paints the North Koreans in bad light. “But we will be objective and we expect them to understand that we apply the rule of law in Malaysia,” he told reporters here after officiating the International Conference on Religion and Civilisation Sustainability here today.

This is the first time Najib has commented on the murder of Jong-nam, who was believed to have been poisoned by two women at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week.

North Korean ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol, at a press conference today, said a joint investigation on the case should be conducted, as it can no longer trust the police. -NST