Last Friday, Kang expressed dissatisfaction after Malaysia rejected the demand that the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother be handed over to Pyongyang without delay.
Speaking to reporters outside the morgue, Kang said Pyongyang would reject the result of any post-mortem conducted without its permission. According to a report by AFP, Kang also said the police were being pressured by hostile forces, notably South Korea.
“The Malaysian side forced the post-mortem without our permission and witnessing. We will categorically reject the result of the post-mortem conducted unilaterally,” he said.
“This strongly suggests that Malaysia is trying to conceal something which needs more time and deceive us and that they are colluding with hostile forces against us,” Kang had added in a statement, according to The Star.
The Star added that a statement would be issued after Kang’s meeting with Wisma Putra, which is expected to take place this morning.
Malaysia has refused to hand over Jong Nam’s body until procedures are complete, saying that DNA samples are required before the body can be released.
“So far no family member or next of kin has come to identify or claim the body. We need a DNA sample of a family member to match the profile of the dead person,” Selangor state police chief Abdul Samah Mat told AFP.
“North Korea has submitted a request to claim the body, but before we release the body we have to identify who the body belongs to,” he said.
Jong Nam died last Monday. He was at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), preparing to board a 9am flight to Macau when he was jumped by two women who sprayed an unidentified liquid at his face, then covered it with a piece of cloth.
Jong Nam sought medical assistance at a service counter at klia2 but died on the way to the hospital.
Police have arrested the two women, a Malaysian man, as well as a North Korean suspect. They are seeking four more North Koreans who left the country last Monday.