North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur insists dead man was not Kim Jong-nam

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated February 21 2017 - 2:23am, first published February 20 2017 - 11:09pm
Ri Jong-chol, the North Korean man in Malaysian police custody over the killing of Kim Jong-nam. Photo: thestar.com
Ri Jong-chol, the North Korean man in Malaysian police custody over the killing of Kim Jong-nam. Photo: thestar.com

North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur has denounced Malaysia's investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, and insisted the man poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport last week was not him.

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