"Straits Times" said : At least 3 North Korean suspects in Kim Jong Nam case left Kuala Lumpur for Dubai via Jakarta, SE Asia News & Top Stories

Malaysian daily newspaper The Star reported the four men had made their way back to Pyongyang via Jakarta, Dubai, and Vladivostok in Russia. Malaysian police said on Sunday that four North Korean suspects had fled Malaysia after the Feb 13 attack in Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2), without saying where they went. JAKARTA (REUTERS) - At least three of four North Korean men wanted in connection with the murder of President Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother caught a flight from Jakarta to Dubai on the evening of the attack, an Indonesian immigration official said on Monday (Feb 20). Suspects Ri Jae Nam, Hong Song Hac, and Ri Ji Hyon flew from Jakarta to Dubai on Emirates flight EK0359 at 10.20 pm local time last Monday, immigration office spokesman Agung Sampurno told Reuters by text message. The details of the fourth suspect were unclear.


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North Korean Man Arrested in Connection With Killing of Kim Jong Nam

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian police said they have arrested another person—a North Korean man—in connection with the killing this week of Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The man was identified as 46-year-old Ri Jong Chol, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement. Mr. Ri was...


China Monitors Assassination Probe Of North Korean Kim Jong NamEnlarge this image toggle caption Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Shizuo Kambayashi/APMalaysia and North Korea are wrangling over whether a man who died at the Kuala Lumpur airport last week is indeed Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But in China, Kim Jong Nam's apparent assassination has triggered a debate about what it means and how to respond. Deng points out that as Kim Jong Il's eldest son, dynastic logic would put Kim Jong Nam first in line to succeed his father. "If, after the collapse of North Korea, China wanted to establish a stable new regime," Deng said, "then Kim Jong Nam would obviously have been a card for China to play." Despite all this, North Korea has ignored Beijing's warnings not to proceed with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.


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