{"id":91030,"date":"2017-02-24T02:27:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91030"},"modified":"2017-02-24T02:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:27:22","slug":"chemical-weapon-used-to-kill-kim-jong-nam-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/24\/chemical-weapon-used-to-kill-kim-jong-nam-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Weapon Used To Kill Kim Jong Nam, Police Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Police said that that the substance used to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam was a chemical weapon known as “VX Nerve Agent”. (Photo: Doyle Industries\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEIJING\u2014The Police said that that the substance used to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam was a chemical weapon known as “VX Nerve Agent”.<\/p>\n

Malaysian police have established that the substance used to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam was a chemical weapon known as “VX nerve agent,” Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Sri Khalid Bin Abu Bakar said in a Friday statement.<\/p>\n

“The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) has received the preliminary report from the Chemistry Department of Malaysia, with regards to the death of a North Korean national recently.<\/p>\n

“The Centre for Chemical Weapons Analysis of the Department has carried out preliminary analysis involving 1. Dry swab \u2013 eye mucosa, 2. Dry swab \u2013 face. The chemical substance on the exhibits has been identified as Ethyl N-2-Diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonothioate or \u2018VX Nerve Agent\u2019,” the statement says.<\/p>\n

The “VX nerve agent” has been listed as a chemical weapon by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il and older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed as he was preparing to board a flight to Macau on February 13.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, ambassador of North Korea to Malaysia Kang Chol called for a joint Pyongyang-Kuala Lumpur investigation into the murder of Kim Jong Nam, however, on Wednesday, Malaysian police said Kuala Lumpur opposed a joint investigation and called on Pyongyang to transfer four suspects in Kim’s killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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