{"id":89639,"date":"2017-02-15T06:41:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89639"},"modified":"2017-02-15T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T13:50:00","slug":"kim-jong-uns-half-brother-assassinated-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/15\/kim-jong-uns-half-brother-assassinated-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong-un’s half-brother assassinated in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malaysian authorities investigate a case of a man who sought medical help in \u00a0Kuala Lumpur\u2019s international airport and died shortly afterwards. The name indicated in the man\u2019s passport is Kim Chol.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean media claimed later on that Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un\u2019s half brother, is travelling overseas using the name Kim Chol. He was about to board an outbound flight to Macau on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to South Korean media outlet, TV Chosun, the 45-year old male was \u00a0killed by two female agents who wielded poisoned needles at him. Another South Korean media outlet, Yonhap, quoted that \u00a0the agents were spies from the Reconnaissance General Bureau and are therefore liable to the crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim Jong-nam was a product of Kim Jong-il\u2019s affair with South Korean born actress Sung Hae-rim. He was once declared heir apparent until he fell out of favor due to an embarrassing attempt to enter Japan on forged documents to visit Disneyland in 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

He \u00a0then lived in virtual exile, primarily in Macau and was \u00a0known as a vocal opposition to the Stalinist regime and the dynastic flow of power of North Korea. It was also reported that he had been close to his uncle Jang Song-Thaek, who was executed in 2013 after being accused of being a counter-revolutionary.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been stated that this is the second attempt to assassinate Jong-nam according to a North Korean spy detained in South Korea. The spy admits being involved in a plot to kill the former heir apparent.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un haven\u2019t ever met Kim Jong-nam due to an ancient practice of raising potential successors separately. <\/span><\/p>\n

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