Third suspect arrested in connection to death of brother of N.Korea’s president

Hours after authorities in North Korea said it is rejecting the autopsy report of the poisoning of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean President Kim Jong-Un who died after he was attacked with a chemical substance by the two suspected female agents, a third suspect has been arrested.

The arrest of the suspect, a North Korean man was made on Friday night, and the suspect was identified as Ri Jong Chol, born on May 6, 1970.

He was in possession of a Malaysian i-Kad, which is an identification card given to foreign workers, they added.

Read also: N.Korea rejects autopsy report on death of president’s brother

“He is suspected to be involved in the death of a North Korean male,” read a statement.
Two female suspects, one an Indonesian and the other carrying Vietnamese travel documents, have already been arrested.

Earlier on, North Korean envoy, Kang Chol, North Korea said it would “categorically reject” Malaysia’s autopsy report on the death of the man who was killed at an airport in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur on his way to the Chinese territory of Macau, where he had been living, after he was given protection by China.

 

 

 

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