WorldTwo women arrested for the nerve agent assassination of Kim Jong-Nam are to be charged with his murder, Malaysia said Tuesday, as North Korea sent a senior diplomat to seek the return of the body. “They will be charged in court under Section 302 (murder) of the penal code,” Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali told AFP by text message, referring to the two suspects. “I don't believe she was brave enough to do such a thing.” A third suspect, 46-year-old North Korean man Ri Jong-Chol, is also being held. He added the North Korean delegation would also raise “the question of the release of the DPRK citizen arrested by Malaysian police”. Earlier Tuesday Malaysia said it was shutting down firms linked to a North Korean front company which the UN says was selling military equipment.

Source: Sunday Times February 28, 2017 12:56 UTC