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AKIPRESS. COM — South Korea’s intelligence agency believes that four of the North Korean men suspected of involvement in the death of Kim Jong-nam are spies, BBCreported.
The older half-brother of North Korea’s leader was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport, Malaysian police say.
Four of the seven suspects named by Malaysia work for Pyongyang’s ministry of state security, intelligence officials in Seoul told MPs.
It is unclear which of the North Koreans wanted by Malaysia were meant.
Mr Kim died two weeks ago after two women accosted him in a check-in hall at the airport.
They say they thought they were taking part in a TV prank.
Mr Kim was given a very high amount of the toxic nerve agent VX and died in pain within 15-20 minutes, Malaysia’s health minister said on Sunday.
