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North Korea calls for release of three detained in Kim Jong Nam case

Reuters, Kuala Lumpur | By
Feb 22, 2017 02:36 PM IST

A Vietnamese woman, an Indonesian woman and a North Korean man have been “arrested unreasonably”, the embassy said in a statement released to the media.

The North Korean embassy in Malaysia said on Wednesday that the three suspects detained in the connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam should be immediately released.

Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.(AP File Photo)
Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.(AP File Photo)

A Vietnamese woman, an Indonesian woman and a North Korean man have been “arrested unreasonably”, the embassy said in a statement released to the media.

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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week while preparing to board a flight to Macau.

Malaysian police said a senior official in the North Korean embassy and a staffer at its state airline, were also wanted for questioning over the murder.

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