This follows Jong Chol’s arrest by the police last Feb 17 to facilitate investigations into the killing which occurred at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2), four days earlier.

The 47-year-old suspect’s remand order expires tomorrow.

He will be handed over to the Immigration Department tomorrow for repatriation back home as police have found inadequate evidence to charge him in court.

A Bernama check of the Jalan Kuchai Lama condominium unit where the family last stayed was found locked.

According to a neighbour, the suspect’s wife and two children had left the unit hurriedly, a few hours after Jong Chol, who is also an IT expert, was arrested.

“I don’t know where they (Jong Chol’s family) went. Jong Chol’s wife and children left in a hurry. We are still in shock over what had happened,” he said.

A Bernama journalist who went to enquire about the family’s condominium unit and whereabouts was accompanied by two security guards who cautioned against taking photographs or risk confiscation of the camera equipment.

Bernama was made to understand that the condominium residents had requested for heightened security following Jong Chol’s arrest

Two others, Siti Aisyah, 25, an Indonesian national, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, a Vietnamese citizen, were charged at the Sepang Magistrate’s Court yesterday for Jong Nam’s murder.

It was reported that Jong Nam was at klia2 on Feb 13 to board a flight to Macau when two women allegedly wiped his face with a toxic liquid which was later identified as the VX nerve agent.

He had arrived in Malaysia on Feb 6.