Kim Jong-nam killed by 'weapon of mass destruction'
Investigators have identified the poison used to assassinate Kim Jong-un’s half brother as a “weapon of mass destruction”.
The VX nerve agent used to murder Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13 is said to be a hugely potent liquid only used in chemical warfare.
The United Nations classify the toxic substance, also known as ethyl N-2-Diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonothiolate, as a weapon of mass destruction.
A fraction of a drop, absorbed through the skin, is enough to fatally disrupt the nervous system.
Meanwhile, just days before Jong-nam’s assassination, his accused killer shared a selfie wearing the same distinctive t-shirt which was seen on CCTV cameras when the North Korean leader’s half-brother was allegedly poisoned to death.
Images of Doan Thi Huong, who is being held in police custody over Jong-nam’s murder, have emerged where she can be seen wearing the same LOL emblazoned shirt that was spotted on a woman fleeing Kuala Lumpur airport.
Despite mounting evidence against the Vietnamese native, North Korea have put the blame for Jong-nam's death firmly on Malaysia and now insist she and her co-accused be released.
"A Vietnamese woman, an Indonesian woman and a North Korean man have been "arrested unreasonably", the embassy said in a statement released to the media.
The images shared on a Facebook comes one week after Thi Huong made headlines across the world when she was arrested alongside an Indonesian woman, both accused of carrying out a fatal poisoning attack on the 46-year-old ahead of his flight home to Macau.
Leaked footage from the Malaysian airport allegedly shows Huong spray a fast-acting poison in Jong-nam's face before both women casually fled the scene.
Further CCTV showed the 46-year-old Jong-nam approaching authorities and explaining what had happened. Moments later he was allegedly found dead on an airport chair.
“The suspects wore grey, purple and green clothing respectively prior to the attack,” a police spokesperson told reporters.
“However, after the attack, they went to a restroom and changed before heading to the departure hall to board their flight.
Ri Jong-chol, 47, who studied medicine and chemistry in Pyongyang was also arrested following Jong-nam’s death.
The women in question, maintain that they thought they were filming a scene for a reality TV show.
South Korean and the US however maintain that Kim Jong-nam was killed by agents from the reclusive North, whose diplomats in KL sought to prevent an autopsy on the 46-year-old's body and demanded it be handed over.
"We believe the North Korean regime is behind this incident considering five suspects are North Koreans," Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at South Korea's Unification Ministry, told a briefing on Sunday.
"Next plan is to get them. We of course have international co-operation especially with Interpol, bilateral involvement with the country involved, we will go through those avenues to get the people involved.
"The biggest responsibility for his death rests with the Government of Malaysia, as the citizen of the DPRK died in its land."
