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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to Malaysia on Monday denied telling Malaysian authorities that a DPRK diplomatic passport holder, who died at Kuala Lumpur last week, was Kim Jong Nam, the elder half-brother of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un.
At a news conference in the front of the DPRK embassy, Kang Chol, the ambassador, said an official document has been submitted to the Malaysian side, pointing out that "we did not know any other name except Kim Chol as written in the passport" of the deceased.
The DPRK embassy called the press conference after Kang was summoned in the morning by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry defended its investigation on the deceased man, saying in a statement that the investigation has been conducted in a manner prescribed by Malaysian law.
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