BEIJING (March 4): Ri Jong Chol, a suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, said in Beijing that he was a victim of a conspiracy by Malaysian authorities attempting to damage the honour of North Korea. Ri, a North Korean, accused Malaysia of using coercion to try to extract a confession from him, he told reporters outside the North Korea embassy in Beijing on Saturday. The murder of Kim Jong Nam has soured relations between Malaysia and North Korea, which had maintained friendly ties for decades. Ri was in Beijing en route back to North Korea after Malaysia deported him. South Korean intelligence and U.S. officials say the murder was an assassination organised by North Korean agents.

Source: The Edge Markets March 03, 2017 21:11 UTC