KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): All North Koreans who are still in Malaysia are participants of the ‘Malaysia My Second Home’ (MM2H) programme and their movements have been identified, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pic). He said the police would leave it up to the Immigration Department and the Home Ministry to decide on whether these individuals should return to North Korea following Pyongyang's decision to end diplomatic relations with Kuala Lumpur. On March 21, all diplomatic staff at the North Korean Embassy and their dependents in Malaysia returned to their country following Pyongyang's decision to end diplomatic relations with Kuala Lumpur on March 19. Pyongyang announced it was severing ties with Malaysia after a court here ruled that a North Korean businessman could be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges there. Malaysia and North Korea established diplomatic relations in 1973, and achieved various diplomatic and trade achievements until 2017, when Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was assassinated in Malaysia.- Bernama

Source: The Star April 02, 2021 16:07 UTC