Kim Jong Nam's murder: Bukit Aman becomes local, international media focus
Astro Awani
February 19, 2017 17:13 MYT
February 19, 2017 17:13 MYT
An approximate 150 media practitioners, including the international media began to gather in front of Bukit Aman, which is the venue of a media conference in connection with the case, as early as noon today. - Photo Astro AWANI/NURADILLA NURAZAM
IT was a sight to behold.
It was an unusual Sunday at the Bukit Aman Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters today became main attraction of media practitioners who wanted to get the latest development on the death of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) on Monday.
An approximate 150 media practitioners, including the international media began to gather in front of Bukit Aman, which is the venue of a media conference in connection with the case, as early as noon today.
The media conference by Deputy Inspector of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim kicked off at 2.45pm.
Jong Nam was reported to have died due to an apparent assassination while on the way to the hospital after complaining of not feeling well at klia2.
Malaysian police today said that four North Korean suspects in the murder of Kim Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day of the murder.
The four North Koreans flew out of Malaysia, but police would not reveal the flight's destination, just that they were coordinating with Interpol to track them down.
It was widely reported that Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had spoken out publicly against his family's dynastic control of isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea.
The young, unpredictable North Korean leader had issued a "standing order" for his elder half-brother's assassination, and that there had been a failed attempt in 2012.