An embassy official, Kim Yu Song told reporters today that on Wednesday, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar informed the media that police sought the embassy’s assistance to get the statements of second secretary, Hyon Kwang Song and an Air Koryo employee, named Kim Uk Il.
But Yu Song said to date, it has not received any official request on the matter.
“We also condemn a report by a South Korean media outlet that we had already received such a request yesterday.
“I have stated in Korean that we had not received such a request yesterday but they reported the opposite,” he told reporters waiting outside the embassy.
Before this, Khalid said the police were looking to question Kwang Song and Uk Il over Jong Nam’s killing.
Jong Nam, who is the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrived in Malaysia on Feb 6, and was at klia2 to catch a 10.30am flight to Macau on Feb 13 when he was attacked by two women. One sprayed a rapid-acting poison at him while the other covered his face with a piece of cloth.
He sought help at the customer service counter and was treated at the airport clinic but died on the way to Putrajaya Hospital.
Police have since nabbed four suspects to facilitate investigations. They are a Vietnamese named Doan Thi Huong, Siti Aishah (Indonesia), Muhammad Farid Jallaludin (Malaysia) and Ri Jong Chul (North Korea).
Four other male suspects, all North Korean, fled the country on the same day of the murder. They have been identified as Ri Ji Hyon, Hong Song Hac, O Jong Gil and Ri Jae Nam.
The killing and subsequent investigation have triggered a diplomatic crisis between Malaysia and North Korea, after Pyongyang protested an autopsy being carried out on the body, and accused Malaysia of collaborating with “hostile forces”.
Earlier today, police revealed that Jong Nam was killed with the deadly VX nerve agent.