Embassy: We didn’t receive any document from cops
KUALA LUMPUR: The North Korean Embassy claims that it has not received any relevant document from Malaysian police seeking its cooperation to interview its citizens over the Kim Jong-nam assassination case.
“The Malaysian Inspector-General of Police told the media that the police have submitted documents to get the co-operation of the embassy to interview our second secretary.
“However, as of today, we have not received any relevant document from the police or the Foreign Ministry of Malaysia,” said Kim Yu-song, an embassy official, at the embassy in Bukit Damansara here.
Second Secretary Hyon Kwangsong, 44, is one of the three North Korean men wanted by the police to assist in their investigation.
Bukit Aman had earlier said it had written to the embassy requesting to interview Hyon and Air Koryo employee Kim Uk-il, 37.
The third man is Ri Ji-u, 30, also known as James.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Muslim People’s coalition (IRIMM), Martabat Jalinan Muhibbah Malaysia (MJMM) and a few other associations delivered a memorandum of protest to the embassy to condemn North Korea’s accusations against Malaysia over the case.
“The victim died at the airport and it has become a police case, so let the police do their work. Don’t bring in the Government,” said IRIMM general secretary Zainol Abidin Ahmad.
MJMM president Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah said the embassy officials should let Malaysian police carry out their investigations properly.
The memorandum was put in the embassy’s mail box.