North Korean man arrested in Kim Jong-nam murder probe

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A North Korean man has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-nam,
the half brother of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
He is the fourth suspect detained.
Kim Jong-nam is thought to have been poisoned at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday.
With the latest developments,... here's Connie Kim.
It's a development that could finally help investigators get to the bottom of who was
behind the murder of Kim Jong-nam.
Malaysian police say they have arrested a fourth suspect: a North Korean identified
as Ri Jong-chol.
A statement by the Royal Malaysia Police said it arrested the 46 year old on Friday night
in Selangor near the capital Kuala Lumpur.
It added that he was carrying a Malaysian document called i-Kad that is normally issued
to foreign workers.
Ri is presumed to be one of the four male suspects police are tracking down.
The others are two men in their fifties and one man in his thirties.
The latest development follows the arrest of three other suspects: a woman holding a
Vietnamese passport identified as Doan Thi Huong, an Indonesian woman Siti Aisyah, and
her Malaysian boyfriend Muhammad Farid Jalaluddin.
Since Kim Jong-nam's death on February 15th, no exact reason for his death has been announced.
What has been revealed, however, is the shocking final image of Kim... slumped and unconscious
in an airport chair.
While Malaysia's announcement is pending,... North Korea has said it will categorically
reject the autopsy report and demand that Kim Jong-nam's body be sent to Pyongyang.
"I went to the headquarters of the police and I asked them, and I strongly demand to
release the body to our side without any further delay.
But they reject it, raising the issue which is nothing to do with the clarification of
the cause of death."
Malaysia continues to insist that its rules must be followed.
While there had been conflicting reports over a second autopsy on Kim Jong-nam, the Malaysian
government has decided to go ahead with it... as a senior Malaysian official said the results
of the first were inconclusive.
But, the results of a toxicological report are not expected any time soon....as Malaysia's
health minister told AFP that it normally takes about two weeks to find the cause of
death,.. and that it will not release the results until it finds something conclusive.
Many experts believe Malaysia's decision to conduct a second autopsy was taken to prevent
any controversy over the results.
Connie Kim, Arirang News.

North Korean man arrested in Kim Jong-nam murder probe

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