KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian police officers today paid a brief visit to the North Korean embassy here, presumably to meet ambassador Kang Chol to discuss the case of Kim Jong-nam, who was killed at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2) on Monday.
They entered the compound of the embassy at around 12.50pm and left about 15 minutes later.
The officers refused to comment on the visit when met by reporters. One of them, an assistant superintendent, said: "You should ask my boss. You can maybe wait for my boss to give a statement."
Their visit took place about one hour before Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed at a press conference that the man using the name “Kim Chol”, killed at klia2, was indeed Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Several cars bearing embassy number plates went in and out of the premises, but the place was otherwise quiet. The ambassador was nowhere to be seen and reporters were not allowed in.
This morning, however, the embassy received about 40 visitors, several of whom were wearing traditional Korean costumes. When approached, none was willing to talk.
A minor commotion occurred when a foreign journalist entered the compound and took pictures of the interior of the premises from the open front door with his smart phone.
An embassy officer grabbed the phone from him, deleted the pictures and returned it to the journalist. They shook hands before the journalist left the compound.
Kim Jong-nam was at the klia2 waiting for his flight to Macau when a woman allegedly covered his face with a cloth laced with poison. He died en route to the hospital in Putrajaya.
He is believed to have arrived in Malaysia from Macau on Feb 6.
Police have detained two women and one man, with more arrests expected. - BERNAMA