Suspicious… Kim Jong Un’s half brother, Kim Jong Nam, killed in Malaysia. – PB/TK
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un’s Half-Brother Was Killed in Malaysia – Reuters 12:25 PM Eastern
(SEOUL/KUALA LUMPUR) — The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader, was known to be based mostly outside of his home country.
Police in Malaysia told Reuters on Tuesday an unidentified North Korean man had died en route to hospital from Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday. Abdul Aziz Ali, police chief for the Sepang district, said the man’s identity had not been verified.
An employee in the emergency ward of Putrajaya hospital said a deceased Korean there was born in 1970 and surnamed Kim.
South Korea’s TV Chosun, a cable television network, said that Kim was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport by two women believed to be North Korean operatives, who were at large, citing multiple South Korean government sources.
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