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Urgent: Pyongyang claims death of DPRK citizen "conspiratorial racket" by S. Korea

Xinhua, February 23, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday said the death of a DPRK citizen at Kuala Lumpur last week was an "anti-DPRK conspiratorial racket" by South Korea.

The DPRK also blamed the Malaysian side for "coinciding with the racket," the official news agency KCNA reported.

The KCNA also said the autopsy was unnecessary as the death had been confirmed as the one due to heart stroke and the deceased man carried a diplomatic passport. Enditem