"If you have nothing to hide, you do not have to be afraid," he said. National police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar said investigators have submitted a request through Malaysia's Foreign Ministry to the North Korean Embassy to interview Hyon. Police can't check because to do so they need permission from North Korea, which so far has declined. Whether the people the police want to talk to are indeed at the embassy is anybody's guess. A large group of journalists and photographers has camped outside the embassy since news broke of Kim Jong-nam's killing. It's not hard to imagine where they might be: the North Korean Embassy, a plain, yellow two-storey house in an affluent neighbourhood just 10 minutes from downtown. Most have left the country, but authorities say they believe three remain - diplomat Hyon an employee of Air Koryo, the country's flag carrier and a person named Ri Ji U.
13 are seeking seven North Korean nationals in connection with the case. Police investigating the poisoning of Kim Jong-nam in an airport shopping area on Feb. Malaysian police have released little information about him, except that he is 44 and arrived in Malaysia on Sept. Last year, a report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said a South Africa-based North Korean diplomat may have been involved in smuggling rhino horn but managed to evade charges.Įnter second secretary Hyon Kwang Song, the current person of interest. The following year, another official at the same embassy was asked to leave after an attempt to smuggle a shipping container full of one million cigarettes and electronics worth another $1 million. He was arrested but later released, with no charges filed, and left the country. Take the 2015 case of the first secretary of North Korea's embassy in Bangladesh, who was found to be carrying 170 undeclared gold bars worth an estimated $1.4 million. But for North Korea, in particular, the line between immunity and impunity can seem to be a pretty fine one. It's unusual for any country to simply hand over a diplomat, no matter the alleged crime. The problem is he's a North Korean diplomat. They know his name, his nationality and have a pretty good idea where he's holed up.
Malaysian police investigating the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother believe they know somebody who might help them solve one of the most bizarre murder mysteries they have ever faced.
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