IGP: No cooperation yet from North Korea in murder probe
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have yet to receive any information from North Korea or its embassy here on the seven people sought over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, InspectorGeneral of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said yesterday.
He said the North Korean Embassy had not extended the cooperation requested by the police to facilitate investigation into the killing of Jong-nam, estranged elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jongun.
“They have not extended any form of cooperation. We will let you know the next course of police action if they still do not want to cooperate,” he said when contacted by Bernama.
Khalid had said on Feb 22 that the police would seek the cooperation of the North Korean authorities to hand over four
They have not extended any form of cooperation. We will let you know the next course of police action if they still do not want to cooperate. Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Inspector-General of Police
North Korean men, who returned to North Korea from Malaysia on the day of Jong-nam’s murder, so as to help in the probe into the killing.
He said the North Korean authorities should extend cooperation and allow the police to question all suspects so that the case can be completed.
The four North Korean men said to have returned to Pyongyang are Ri Ji Hyon, 33, Hong Song Hac, 34, O Jong Gil, 55, and Ri Jae Nam, 57. The police are also seeking the second secretary at the North Korean embassy identified as Hyon Kwang- song, 44, North Korea’s Koryo Air airline staff Kim Uk-il, 37, and another person identified as Ri Ji-U, 30, or better known as James.
Asked about the arrival of a North Korean senior official to discuss matters related to the murder, Khalid said there was no necessity for the official to meet the police but perhaps with Wisma Putra.
North Korea’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Ri Tong Il, arrived at the embassy and declared that he would be the official spokesperson in matters related to the murder. — Bernama