Malaysian Ambassador to North Korea arrives at KLIA

The Malaysian Ambassador to North Korea Mohamad Nizan Mohamad, who was called back to Kuala Lumpur last Monday for "consultations" arrived at the KL International Airport (KLIA) here today.

He arrived on a Malaysia Airlines flight MH0361 from Beijing which touched down at 9.37 am, but managed to avoid the press which had been waiting at the exit at the arrival hall and the VIP room.

Media representatives, who had been waiting since 6 am, were later informed by the airport staff that Mohamad Nizan had left KLIA.

Last Monday, Wisma Putra called back the ambassador in Pyongyang and ordered North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol, to explain his remarks on the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Kang Chol had reportedly portrayed that the Malaysian government had a hidden agenda and that it had colluded with external powers in handling Jong-nam's death.

On Feb 13, Jong-nam was at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2) at about 8am, waiting for his flight to Macau, when a woman suddenly covered his face with a cloth laced with what is believed to be poison.

Jong-nam, who arrived in Malaysia from Macau on Feb 6, sought help at a customer service counter and was rushed to the Putrajaya Hospital, but died on the way.

-- BERNAMA