KUALA LUMPUR: Wisma Putra said on Friday it strongly condemned the use of the toxic nerve agent VX, which authorities say was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Kuala Lumpur International airport last month. Kim Jong-nam, 45, (pic) was murdered on Feb 13 at the airport's budget terminal with the VX nerve agent, a chemical classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction. "The Ministry strongly condemns the use of such a chemical weapon by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances. The foreign ministry was in close contact with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons regarding the incident, the statement said. Jong-nam was killed by two women, who wiped his face with a chemical that has since been identified as the VX nerve agent at the KLIA2 departure hall.

Source: The Star March 03, 2017 01:07 UTC