Laptops, desktop dumped outside North Korean embassy

Laptops, desktop dumped outside North Korean embassy

Hard disk drives were removed from hardware found among other regular household trash, says report.

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PETALING JAYA: A few pieces of computer hardware were dumped outside the North Korean embassy this morning, The Star reported.

Three laptops and a desktop computer found outside the embassy building, in Jalan Batai, Kuala Lumpur, were however, found to have been stripped of their hard disk drives.

The laptops and desktop looked damaged, and were believed to have been thrown out with some flowers, flower stands, a speaker and other usual household rubbish during the early morning hours today, according to the daily.
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Meanwhile, police continue to monitor the embassy where they believe two suspects linked to the killing of Kim Jong Nam, who is the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are in hiding.

The two men were previously named by Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar as being the embassy’s second secretary Hyon Kwang Song, 44, and Air Koryo employee Kim Uk Il, 37.

The police have since issued a war­rant of ar­rest for Uk-il and a let­ter re­quest­ing Hyon’s cooper­a­tion was sent through Wisma Pu­tra and de­liv­ered to the em­bassy.

Last week, Khalid also said there is a third suspect, whose name is Ri Ji U, but who goes by the alias James. There is little known about him other than that he was the one who had first approached the two women charged with the murder of Jong Nam on Feb 13.

Kim Jong Nam, who is the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was at klia2 to catch a 10.30am flight to Macau on Feb 13 when he was attacked by two women. The wiped a rapid-acting chemical poison on his face. The chemical was later found to be the deadly VX nerve agent.

He sought help at the customer service counter and was treated at the airport clinic but died on the way to Putrajaya Hospital.

The women were charged with murder on March 1, and if found guilty, they face the mandatory death sentence.

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.

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