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Police: Suspects Used Bare Hands to Rub Poison

News2017-02-23
Police: Suspects Used Bare Hands to Rub Poison

Anchor: The Malaysian Police have announced their analysis of CCTV footage showing the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam. The police said that female suspects used their bare hands to rub poison on Kim's face, after a few rounds of practice.
Our Kim Bum-soo has more.
 
Report: After in-depth analysis of the CCTV footage of the assassination, the Malaysian police concluded that the suspects used their bare hands to rub poison on Kim Jong-nam's face.

[Sound bite: Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar - Malaysian police chief (English)]
“They used their bare hands... From our investigation we now know that they have made a few exercises to do that.”

In a news conference on Wednesday, Malaysia's police chief, Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar, said the suspects didn't believe it was a prank. 

[Sound bite: Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar - Malaysian police chief (English)]
“You see the ladies were moving away with their hands like this, towards the bathroom, towards the wash room. So she knew very well that it is toxic and she needs to wash her hands.” 

In the airport CCTV footage, the Vietnamese suspect is seen approaching Kim from behind, and putting something on his face. Kim is then seen explaining to airport staff that the suspects rubbed his face. 
 
The toxic substances were allegedly provided by the four North Korean male suspects, who have already fled to North Korea. 
 
The Malaysian police said the two female suspects had been trained and moved systemically as if they had teamed up with the North Korean suspects.
 
[Sound bite: Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar - Malaysian police chief (English)]
(Do you believe that these four are the prime suspects?)
"We believe they are heavily involved. So that’s why I requested the North Korean Embassy's assistance to trace and hand them over to us.”
 
The Malaysian police have identified a total of ten suspects in connection with Kim Jong-nam’s death. Except for the two women who attacked Kim, the rest are North Korean nationals.
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.

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