We believe the North Korean regime is behind this incident considering five

suspects are North Koreans Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at the South Koreas
Unification Ministry that handles inter-Korea affairs, told a briefing on Sunday.

Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had
spoken out publicly against his familys dynastic control of isolated, nuclear-armed
North Korea.

The young, unpredictable North Korean leader had issued a standing order for
his elder half-brothers assassination, and that there had been a failed attempt in
2012.

Deputy Inspector-General of police Noor Rashid Ismail told a news conference

that Malaysia is coordinating with Interpol to track down the four North Koreans
but would not reveal where they flew to on the day of the murder.

The four suspects are holding normal passports, not diplomatic passports, he
said. Next plan is to get them. We of course have international cooperation
especially with Interpol, bilateral involvement with the country involved, we will
go through those avenues to get the people involved.

He named the four who escaped as Ri Ji Hyon, Hong Song Hac, O Joong Gil, and
Ri Jae Nam. The police are looking for three other people who are not suspects but
who they believe could help with their enquiries, one of whom is North Korean.

Police said the cause of death was still not known and that they were waiting for
pathology and toxicology tests after conducting a post-mortem.

TUSSLE OVER BODY

Police believe the two women carried out the attack on Kim Jong Nam, thrusting a
cloth seeped in some chemical into his face in the departure lounge of the airport,
where he had been due to take a flight to Macau.
The mother of the Indonesian women, Siti Aishah, told Reuters on Saturday that
her daughter had been duped into believing she was part of a TV show or
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