ASSASSINATED EARLIER THIS WEEK
IN MALAYSIA.
NOW WE HAVE MORE REPORTS CLARIFYING THE
SITUATION.
THE PERSON WHO GOT KILLED WAS KIM JONG NAM, THE
HALF-BROTHER OF THE DICTATOR OF
NORTH KOREA.
HE WAS BEING RUSHED
TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE WAS
FEELING SICK AND HE DIED ON
THE
WAY.
AT THIS MOMENT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
PASSPORTS WERE FRAUDULENT OR REALLY THEIR PASSPORTS.
BUT THAT
IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM SO
FAR.
SO HE HAD BEEN CRITICIZING KIM JONG UN AND THAT PUT THEM AT
A LOT OF RISK.
LATER ON HE PLEADED WITH HIM TO SPARE HIS
LIFE AND HIS FAMILY'S LIFE.
AS
WE KNOW NOW, IT IS WIDELY SUSPECTED THAT KIM JONG-UN
BASICALLY ORDERED THIS
ASSASSINATION.
>>TO BE FAIR IT IS A UN-SOLVED MYSTERY.
AS IT TURNS OUT IT WAS
SOME SORT OF SPRAY THEY SPRAYED IN HIS FACE.
>>I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WITH CAUTION BECAUSE IT IS STILL
UNCLEAR.
WE DO KNOW IT IS LIKELY THAT HE WAS KILLED AS A RESULT
OF POISON BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW
IT WAS ADMINISTERED.
WAS IT ADMINISTERED THROUGH SPRING HIS
FACE OR NEEDLES?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING THAT IT WAS
THROUGH A SPRAY.
>>ONE VERSION OF THAT STORY IS HE WAS SPRAYED IN HIS FACE
AND
THEN THEY PUT A RAG OVER HIS
FACE.
THAT IS A DANGEROUS GAME TO PLAY.
IF YOU DON'T PROTECT
YOURSELF PROPERLY, THAT CAN GET
ON YOU.
NOW THERE ARE REPORTS, A PICTURE OF THE WOMAN, ONE OF THE
ALLEGED ASSAILANTS AND SHE HAS
AN LOL SHIRT ON.
I HEARD SECONDHAND THAT THAT SHIRT IS
NOW SELLING LIKE GANGBUSTERS
ONLINE.
>>IT IS INSANE.
IT'S THE MOST USUAL OUTCOME.
>>APPARENTLY IT IS TRUE.
WE KNOW THIS FOR SURE, KIM
JONG NAM IS GONE.
>>WHEN WE ORIGINALLY COVERED THE STORY I NOTICED SOMETHING.
I WAS
RETELLING THE STORY LAST NIGHT AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BECOME
SO DESENSITIZED TO DEATH THAT WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
GRAVITY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS GUY WAS MURDERED PROBABLY BY HIS HALF-BROTHER, THAT IS
INSANE.
>> THAT IS FUNNY BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT IN
OTHER CONTEXT.
SO MUCH WAR AND DEATH IN THE NEWS TODAY ñ
INCLUDING COP SHOOTINGS.
IN THE OLD DAYS IT WAS A BIG DEAL TO
TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE.
WHEREAS NOW IT FEELS LIKE YEAH, NO BIG DEAL.
EVEN WE JOKE ABOUT IT.
IT IS SO DETACHED FROM A STOP BUT YOU ARE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
THE GUY IS A CHARACTER.
HE LOST POWER WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO SNEAK INTO DISNEYLAND
PRETENDING TO BE FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
>> YEAH HE HAD A PASSPORT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
>> IF YOU SAY SO.
THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY WAS ALSO THAT HE
LEAVES BEHIND TWO WIVES, A MISTRESS, AND SEVERAL KIDS.
EVERY PART OF THE STORY IS WEIRDLY INTERESTING.
>> IT IS A LIFETIME MOVIE.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET THE FACT THAT HE WAS A GUY, A 45-YEAR-OLD
GUY AND HE LIKED DISNEYLAND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE JUST
HAPPENED TO BE BORN INTO THIS INSANE FAMILY, AND THEN HE GOT
ASSASSINATED.
WE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T GET DESENSITIZED OF
THAT BECAUSE IF THAT STARTS A TREND AND WE KNOW THAT OTHERS
HAVE DONE THAT, THAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS TREND.