North Korean Arrested Over Kim Jong-Nam’s Killing
MEP: Malaysian police said Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man over the assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s brother, as relations between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur nosedived in a battle for his body.
He was identified as Ri Jong Chol, 46.
An Indonesian woman, a Malaysian man and a woman with a Vietnamese passport were detained earlier.
Police are also searching for other suspects including four men, who are believed to be involved in the case.
Kim Jong-nam was on his way to the Chinese territory of Macau, where he had been reportedly residing under China’s protection.
He died after an as-yet unidentified liquid was sprayed in his face at Kuala Lumpur international airport on Monday, in an attack Seoul says was carried out by female agents from Pyongyang.
One of the detained women, an Indonesian national named as Siti Aisyah, is said to have told Malaysian police she had been paid to perform what she thought was a prank.
