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Urgent: Malaysian police arrest female suspect related to death of DPRK man

Xinhua, February 15, 2017 Adjust font size:

Malaysian police said Wednesday that a female suspect was arrested in the investigation related to the death of a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The police said the middle-aged man, who died on Monday at the Kuala Lumpur International airport, was holding a passport under the name Kim Chol.

South Korean media reported that the man was Kim Jong Nam, the elder half-brother of DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un. Enditem