Kim Jong Nam: Row brewing as Malaysia bans visa-free entry for N.Koreans

A diplomatic row is now playing out over the death of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of President Kim Jong Un who died in Kuala Lumpur after he was allegedly poisoned by two female agents as Malaysian authorities have cancelled visa-free entry for North Koreans.

Citing comments of the deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi of Malaysia, North Koreans will be required to obtain a visa as of March 6 before entering Malaysia for national security reasons, with the new rule.

Read also: Malaysia’s claims of Kim Jong Nam poisoning ‘absurd’, N.Korea says

The move by Malaysia is coming after North Korea’s state-run news agency on Wednesday said claims by Malaysia authorities that small amounts of the extremely toxic nerve agent were detected in the corpse of Kim was an “absurdity.

The comments from Pyongyang was issued after the two young women accused of actually carrying out the attack on Kim in a crowded airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were charged with murder.

The suspects, Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, were surrounded by a heavy police presence as they were charged in a Kuala Lumpur court.

 

 

 

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