MALAYSIAN forensic experts said tattoos inked on the dead body of the North Korean man confirm that he is indeed Kim Jong Nam, according to local media.
MALAYSIAN forensic experts said tattoos inked on the dead body of the North Korean man confirm that he is indeed Kim Jong Nam, according to local media.
This comes as no next of kin has come forward to provide DNA samples to positively identify the body, believed to be that of the estranged half-brother of the supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
The investigators worked on matching tattoos on the man’s body with Jong Nam’s documented history, enabling them to draw direct links to the victim, the New Straits Times reported.
Among other critical secondary identification methods, the tattoo matching could put an end to the dispute on whether it was really him who was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13.
Malaysia’s investigation into the killing has sparked diplomatic tension with North Korea, and on Tuesday a high-ranking delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Pyongyang in a bid to claim the body.
North Korea insists that the deceased was one of its citizens named ‘Kim Chol’ as per the name on the North Korean passport the man was carrying when he died.
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North Korea also asserted that the man died of a heart attack and not of poisoning from the highly toxic VX nerve agent.
