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Malaysian police reiterate DNA test needed before DPRK man's body release
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia police Wednesday reiterated that a DNA test would be needed to identify the dead man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), before the body could be released.
The man died on the way from a Malaysian airport to hospital on Feb. 13. Malaysian police identified the man as a 46-year-old DPRK man named Kim Chol.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had earlier said embassy documents showed the man was Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un, but that was denied by the DPRK ambassador to Malaysia.
Malaysian national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said at a press conference on Wednesday that no family members of the dead DPRK man have come to identify the body and assist the investigation.
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DPRK embassy demands release of suspects in connection with its citizen's death
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday demanded Malaysian authorities to release three suspects still held in connection with the death of its citizen.
Malaysian police had detained a total of four suspects following the death of the 46-year-old man on Feb. 13 after being attacked by two women at a Kuala Lumpur airport, but later released one of them, a male from Malaysia.
The other three suspects still in custody are the two women, holding vietnam and Indonesian passports repectively, and a man from the DPRK who reportedly is working in Malaysia.
In its third statement on the case, the DPRK embasssy described the female suspects from Vietnam and Indonesia as "innocent".
It again cast doubt on the investigation carried out by Malaysian police, accusing Malaysia of "insulting the sovereignty of DPRK."
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Pyongyang claims death of DPRK citizen "conspiratorial racket" by S. Korea
PYONGYANG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday said the death of a DPRK citizen at Kuala Lumpur last week was an "anti-DPRK conspiratorial racket" by South Korea.
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PYONGYANG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday said the death of a DPRK citizen at Kuala Lumpur last week was an "anti-DPRK conspiratorial racket" by South Korea.
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