Caribbean Times 99th Issue - Thursday 16th February 2017
Caribbean Times 99th Issue - Thursday 16th February 2017
Caribbean Times 99th Issue - Thursday 16th February 2017
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8 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>16th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Malaysia arrests second suspect<br />
in North Korean’s death<br />
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia<br />
– Malaysian police<br />
arrested a second woman<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> in the death of Kim<br />
Jong Nam, the half brother<br />
of North Korea’s leader who<br />
was reportedly poisoned this<br />
week by two female assassins<br />
as he waited for a flight in<br />
Malaysia.<br />
Police chief Khalid Abu<br />
Bakar confirmed the latest arrest<br />
to the national Bernama<br />
news agency and said a statement<br />
would be released soon.<br />
Investigators are trying<br />
to shed light on a death that<br />
set off set off waves of speculation<br />
over whether North<br />
Korea dispatched a hit squad<br />
to kill a man known for his<br />
drinking, gambling and complicated<br />
family life.<br />
Medical workers completed<br />
an autopsy late Wednesday,<br />
but it was not immediately<br />
clear if or when Malaysia<br />
would release the findings<br />
publicly.<br />
North Korea had objected<br />
to the autopsy and asked<br />
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A medical staff member stands at the entrance of the forensic department at a hospital in Kuala<br />
Lumpur, Malaysia.<br />
for Kim Jong Nam’s body to<br />
be returned; Malaysia went<br />
ahead with the procedure<br />
anyway as the North did not<br />
submit a formal protest, said<br />
Abdul Samah Mat, a senior<br />
Malaysian police official.<br />
Also Wednesday, police<br />
arrested the first suspect in<br />
the case, a woman carrying<br />
Vietnamese travel documents<br />
bearing the name Doan Thi<br />
Huong. She was picked up at<br />
the budget terminal of Kuala<br />
Lumpur International Airport,<br />
where Kim Jong Nam fell ill<br />
on Monday morning. It was<br />
not immediately clear whether<br />
the passport was genuine.<br />
She was identified using<br />
earlier surveillance video<br />
from the airport, police said.<br />
Still photos of the video,<br />
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confirmed as authentic by<br />
police, showed a woman in a<br />
skirt and long-sleeved white<br />
T-shirt with “LOL” emblazoned<br />
across the front.<br />
Kim Jong Nam, who was<br />
45 or 46, was estranged from<br />
his younger brother, North<br />
Korean leader Kim Jong Un,<br />
and had been living abroad<br />
for years. He reportedly fell<br />
out of favor when he was<br />
caught trying to enter Japan<br />
on a false passport in 2001,<br />
saying he wanted to visit Tokyo<br />
Disneyland.<br />
According to two senior<br />
Malaysian government officials,<br />
who spoke on condition<br />
of anonymity because the<br />
case involves sensitive diplomacy,<br />
the elder Kim died en