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Friday 17 February 2017

Malaysia:

Three arrested in North Korean’s death; autopsy completed

EILEEN NG Agung Sampurno said of-
Associated Press ficials from the Indonesian
KUALA LUMPUR, Malay- Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
sia (AP) — Malaysian au- met with the woman in Se-
thorities announced two langor state, where she is
more arrests Thursday in being held, and ensured
the death of the North Ko- she is in safe condition.
rean leader’s half brother, “They were allowed to see
whose apparent assassina- her but cannot make any
tion this week unleashed a questions,” said Sampurno.
wave of speculation and “However, the team can
intrigue: a pair of female confirm that Aisyah is Indo-
assailants, a broad-day- nesian.”
light killing and a dictator- News of the third arrest
sibling out for blood. came Thursday afternoon.
Investigators were still piec- Police said they had de-
ing together details of the tained a Malaysian man
case, including the wide- who was believed to be
spread assumption that the boyfriend of the Indo-
North Korean leader Kim nesian suspect.
Jong Un dispatched a hit Medical workers also com-
squad to kill his estranged pleted an autopsy on Kim
half brother, Kim Jong Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Zahid Hamidi, right, speaks to media during a press conference Jong Nam, but the results
Nam. Known for his love in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Two women holding foreign passports have been have not been released.
The findings could reveal
of gambling and casinos, arrested in the killing of the North Korean leader’s estranged half brother who was reportedly whether he was actually
Kim Jong Nam had lived poisoned by a pair of female assassins who assaulted him as he waited for a flight this week in poisoned.
Malaysia, police said Thursday.
abroad for years, aware (AP Photo/King Chai) North Korea had objected
he was a hunted man. place. The other woman immediately clear if the said. Authorities identified to the autopsy but Malay-
Three suspects — two sia went ahead with it any-
women and a man — held an Indonesian pass- women were believed to her as Siti Aisyah, 25, origi- way because the North did
port and was arrested early be the actual assassins.
nally from Serang in Banten,
were arrested separately not submit a formal protest,
Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday. Indonesian diplomats met a province that neighbors said Abdul Samah Mat,
Police said they were work-
Indonesian
capital,
with the second suspect the
The women were identified a senior Malaysian police
using surveillance videos ing to determine if the IDs and confirmed she is an Jakarta. Indonesian Immi- official.q
were genuine. It was not Indonesian citizen, officials gration Office spokesman
from Kuala Lumpur Inter-
national Airport, where Kim
Jong Nam, who was 45 or China:
46, suddenly fell ill Monday Carfentanil ban a ‘game-changer’ for opioid epidemic
morning.
Malaysian officials said he ERIKA KINETZ Press. “It will be a strong de- demand has driven the other large animals, carfen-
died on the way to a hos- Associated Press terrent.” proliferation of a new class tanil burst into the North
pital after telling medical SHANGHAI (AP) — So He added that China is of deadly drugs made by American drug supply last
workers at the airport that deadly it’s considered a actively considering other nimble chemists to stay summer, causing hundreds
he had been sprayed with terrorist threat, carfentanil substances for sanction, one step ahead of new
a chemical. has been legal in China— including U-47700, an opi- rules like this one. After Chi- of unsuspecting drug users
Multiple South Korean me- until now. Beijing is banning oid marketed as an alter- na controlled 116 synthetic to overdose.
dia reports, citing uniden- carfentanil and three simi- native to banned fentan- drugs in October 2015, sei- The DEA confirmed more
tified sources, said two lar drugs as of March 1, Chi- yls. China said the March zures in the United States than 400 seizures of carfen-
women believed to be na’s Ministry of Public Secu- 1 ban will also apply to of compounds on that list tanil across eight U.S. states
North Korean agents killed rity said Thursday, closing a carfentanil’s less-potent plunged. from July through October.
him with some kind of poi- major regulatory loophole cousins furanyl fentanyl, “It’s a substantial step in the So lethal an amount smaller
son before fleeing in a taxi. in the fight to end Ameri- acryl fentanyl and valeryl fight against opioids here than a poppy seed can kill
One of the female sus- ca’s opioid epidemic. fentanyl. in the United States,” said a person, carfentanil was
pects had Vietnamese “It shows China’s attitude The U.S. Drug Enforcement Russell Baer, a DEA spe- researched for years as
travel documents and was as a responsible big coun- Administration called Chi- cial agent in Washington. a chemical weapon and
picked up Wednesday at try,” Yu Haibin, the director na’s move a potential “We’re persuaded it will used by Russian forces to
the budget terminal of the of the Office of the Nation- “game-changer” that is have a definite impact.” subdue Chechen separat-
airport, the same place al Narcotics Control Com- likely to have a big impact Legally used as an anes- ists at a Moscow theater in
where the attack took
mittee, told the Associated in the U.S., where opioid thetic for elephants and 2002.q