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1st LD: Second suspect in DPRK man's death bears Indonesian passport

Xinhua, February 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

Malaysian police said on Thursday a second female suspect, who bears an Indonesian passport, has been arrested early in the morning in connection with the death of a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

It is not sure yet whether the suspect is related to the female suspect, who was arrested on Wednesday at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport's second terminal, where the deceased DPRK man once looked for help for feeling unwell on Monday and died enroute to the hospital.

Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement Thursday that the second suspect was also identified from a surveillance camera footage at the airport and was alone at the time of the arrest.

Based on the passport, the suspect is called "Siti Aishah" and was born on Feb. 11, 1992 in Serang of Indonesia.

Malaysian police said earlier that the 46-year-old deceased was holding a DPRK passport under the name Kim Chol. His body was taken to a hospital in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday for post mortem to ascertain the cause of his death.

The results of the post mortem are yet to be released. Enditem