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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 1 March 2017
North Korean diplomats in Malaysia to seek Kim’s brother’s body

Malaysia. aminers through DNA or members.
Malaysian officials have other means before it can The killing of Kim Jong Nam
confirmed that the victim be released. He said the took place amid crowds of
of the attack was Kim Jong protocol is to release it to travelers at Kuala Lumpur’s
Nam. North Korea, howev- the next-of-kin once identi- airport and appeared to
er, has identified him only fication is completed. be a well-planned hit.
as a North Korean national Asked how long Malaysia Malaysian authorities say
with a diplomatic passport can keep Kim’s body at the North Koreans put the
bearing the name Kim morgue, he said “we can deadly nerve agent VX on
Chol. keep as long as we want.” the hands of two women
Health Minister Subrama- Police have said that the who then placed the toxin
niam Sathasivam said Ma- body will eventually have on Kim’s face. Kim died on
laysia will continue to insist to be released to the North the way to a hospital, with-
that the body be positively Korean embassy if there in about 20 minutes of the
identified by medical ex- is no claim by Kim’s family attack, they say.q

Ri Tong Il, former North Ko-
rean deputy ambassador to
the United Nations, speaks
to reporters outside the North
Korean embassy in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday,
Feb. 28, 2017. Ri told reporters
Tuesday that North Korea has
sent a high-level delegation
to Malaysia to seek the return
of the body of leader’s Kim
Jong Un’s slain half brother
and the release of a North Ko-
rean arrested in the case.
(AP Photo)

EILEEN NG
Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
(AP) — A high-level North
Korean delegation arrived
in Kuala Lumpur on Tues-
day seeking the body of
leader Kim Jong Un’s half
brother, the victim of a
nerve-agent attack that
many suspect the North it-
self of orchestrating.
The body of Kim Jong Nam,
killed Feb. 13 at Kuala Lum-
pur’s airport, is at the cen-
ter of a heated diplomatic
battle between North Ko-
rea and Malaysia.
North Korea opposed Ma-
laysian officials even con-
ducting an autopsy, while
Malaysia has resisted giv-
ing up the body without
getting DNA samples and
confirmation from next of
kin.
The delegation includes
Ri Tong Il, a former North
Korean deputy ambassa-
dor to the United Nations,
who told reporters Tuesday
outside the North Korean
Embassy that the diplo-
mats were in Malaysia to
retrieve the body and seek
the release of a North Ko-
rean arrested in the case.
He said the delegation
also wants “development
of the friendly relationship”
between North Korea and