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| Malaysian police have now confirmed Kim Chol is Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-unKyodo/Reuters |
Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said on Friday (10 March) that his team was ready to release the body of the slain Kim Jong-nam to the country's health ministry at any time.
He officially confirmed the identity of the man murdered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 13 February as Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
According to reports, it is for the first time that Malaysian police confirmed the identity of Jong-nam, who was carrying a passport under the name of Kim Chol. He died after being allegedly poisoned with a highly toxic VX nerve agent while he was waiting to board a flight to Macau at the airport.
"We have now established that Kim Chol is Kim Jong-nam," New Strait Times quoted him as saying at a press conference.
Full story at IB Times.
By Nandini Krishnamoorthy.
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