15 February 2017

News Story: Malaysian police say dead man from DPRK with passport under name Kim Chol

Kim Jong Nam (Image: Flickr User - Conecta Abogados)
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian police said Tuesday the man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) who had died Monday at a Kuala Lumpur airport was holding a passport under the name Kim Chol.

Khalid Abu Bakar, chief of the Malaysian police, said 46-year-old Kim, who was born in Pyongyang, sought medical assistance at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 Customer Service Counter before he died enroute to a hospital.

Read the full story at Xinhua