SEOUL: South Korea's Ministry of Unification on Tuesday rejected North Korea's claim that Malaysia colluded with Seoul in investigating the death of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol denounced Malaysia's probe results showing that at least five North Korean suspects were allegedly involved in last week's murder of Kim Jong-nam, Yonhap said. He accused Malaysia of "colluding and playing into the gallery of external forces," in its probe, in an apparent reference to South Korea, it added. "The envoy's comment on South Korea is a preposterous claim that is not even worth countering," it quoted a ministry official as saying. The police said they were searching for four more North Koreans who fled Malaysia on the day of Jong-nam's death.

Source: New Strait Times February 21, 2017 06:56 UTC