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Urgent: Malaysian police say dead North Korean man with passport under name Kim Chol

Xinhua, February 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Malaysian police said Tuesday the North Korean man who had died Monday at a Kuala Lumpur airport was holding a passport under the name Kim Chol.

News reports have said the man was the elder half-brother of Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong un, citing S. Korean government sources. Endit