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N Korean man arrested over Kim-Jong Nam murder: Malaysia police

North Korean state media has remained silent on murder of Kim-Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport

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Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after his first-ever interview with South Korean media in Macau. <b>(Photo: PTI)<b>

AFPPTI Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian police said today they had arrested a North Korean man, the fourth person to be detained in connection with the murder of the half-brother of the North's leader.

The man was carrying Malaysian documentation issued to foreign workers, which identified him as 46-year-old North Korean citizen Ri Jong Chol, when he was arrested on Friday evening, according to a police statement.

He is the first North Korean to be arrested in connection with the case, after detectives detained a 25-year-old Indonesian woman named Siti Aishah and her Malaysian boyfriend, along with a woman carrying a Vietnamese passport identifying her as Doan Thi Huong, 28.
 
North Korean state media has remained silent on the murder of Kim-Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday, which Seoul has blamed on poison-wielding female agents working for Pyongyang.

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First Published: Feb 18 2017 | 12:00 PM IST

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