Reuters on Monday cited a North Korean defector as saying that Han Hun Il, the North Korean founding chief executive of Malaysia Korea Partners (MKP), had funnelled money to Pyongyang's leadership, the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party, for the past two decades. The reports risk damaging Kuala Lumpur’s reputation as a financial centre, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic) told Reuters. “We have to investigate if, among other things, North Korea was using the friendship with Malaysia as a conduit for illicit activities,” he said. Malaysian police should conduct their own investigation into MKP and Han to determine if any crime had been committed, Nur Jazlan added. In February, Reuters reported that North Korea’s spy agency was running an arms export operation out of Malaysia.

Source: The Star April 11, 2017 07:52 UTC