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N. Korea: Jong-nam assassination: Five seconds was all it took to administer poison [VIDEO]
New Straits Times ^ | 16 FEBRUARY 2017 | FARRAH NAZ KARIM AND HARIZ MOHD

Posted on 02/16/2017 5:20:49 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Jong-nam assassination: Five seconds was all it took to administer poison [VIDEO]

BY FARRAH NAZ KARIM AND HARIZ MOHD - 16 FEBRUARY 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: IT took no more than five seconds and one fluid move to kill Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at klia2 on the morning of Feb 13.

Jong-nam was standing idle in a small crowd in front of the airport’s self check-in counter when his assailants struck.

They had been watching him... and when opportunity presented itself, they moved in.

Within that five seconds, one of them stood in front of him to distract him. This was when the other, who had been lurking behind Jong-nam, had him locked in a chokehold, to administer the poison that killed him soon after.

The assassination plan would have been flawless from start to finish, if not for the multitude of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras positioned strategically throughout the hall, which captured images of the act and the subsequent movements of the female assassins after the job was carried out.

Federal Police Special Branch director Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun told the New Straits Times that his men were working on intelligence to narrow down all leads.

“We have reason to believe that this might be the work of foreign agents.

“There are definitely other individuals involved, apart from the two assailants,” he said.

The NST learnt that the assailants moved separately. It is understood that one of the suspects, who was picked up from the same airport yesterday, was the one who had apparently finished the job.

She was wearing a skirt and a top with “LOL” emblazoned across.

CCTV footage of her appeared to show that she had on her left hand a dark-coloured glove as she walked briskly down to the taxi stand for her getaway.

By the time she reached there, it was no longer on her.

Meanwhile, it is understood that Jong-nam, who appeared to be steady soon after the assault, headed to the washroom, but turned back to the information counter to seek help as pain started setting in.

A female employee, understood to be an AirAsia staff, accompanied him to a clinic at the airport.

The NST saw footage of Jong-nam, who was wearingadark blue collared polo T-shirt, light blue jeans and brown shoes, slumped in an armchair.

He eyes were shut and he appeared to be grimacing in pain.

A source with knowledge of the arrest yesterday said the woman, who appeared dishevelled when picked up, was wearing similar clothes, except that it was without the “LOL”.

The source said investigators were not discounting the possibility that this case and the perpetrators involved were not as clear-cut as they seemed.

The NST was also let in on another lead — that there is a likelihood that one ofthe assailants is a man who had disguised himself as a woman.

The man that they may be looking at could be a 40-year-old agent from the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the North Korean intelligence agency that manages the state’s clandestine operations.

The NST spoke to those manning the taxi counter where the suspect had bought a coupon for her ride.

“She merely handed over to the counter a card showing where she had wanted to go. “There was nothing really off about her,” one of them said, adding that he could not reveal more except that they gave eight taxi numbers to investigators.

CCTV footage, particularly one showing her heading towards the escalator leading to a floor down to the taxi stand, suggested her anxiousness to get away from the crime scene.

Police have since traced the cabbie who picked her up.

The NST was made to understand that Jong-nam, who carried a diplomatic passport, had been in the country for more than a week before his planned return trip to Macau.

Meanwhile, a source close to the post-mortem process on Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) told the NST that there were no puncture wounds on his body or face. Some reports had suggested that his assailants could have injected him with a lethal poison.

It is understood that Jong-nam had high blood pressure when he died.

The source added that Jong-nam’s tissue, urine and blood samples had been sent to the Chemistry Department as well as Universiti Sains Malaysia’s laboratory in Penang for analysis. It may take up to a week for the results to come back.

The post-mortem began just after noon and ended just before 7pm.

Meanwhile, a top-ranking source said Pyongyang, through its officials at the North Korean embassy here, had insisted against the post-mortem and wanted Jong-nam’s remains to be released to them.

“But there are clearly criminal elements involved, so one has to be carried out,” the source said.

As at press time, Jong-nam’s body was still at the HKL mortuary.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assassination; kimjongnam; nkorea
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The video in the article is not a live surveillance shot, but a presentation of sequence of events.

While this news article does not belong to a category of breaking news, this is the first article to provide extensive details on what has been learned so far.

1 posted on 02/16/2017 5:20:49 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Nicotine?


2 posted on 02/16/2017 5:25:20 PM PST by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


3 posted on 02/16/2017 5:28:56 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Looks like this really did happen. Krazy Kim Kills Kin!


4 posted on 02/16/2017 5:30:55 PM PST by lee martell
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If it only took 5 seconds we should be using that for lethal injections on death row inmates. Quick, effective, simple.


5 posted on 02/16/2017 5:35:28 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( More and More Winning! ))))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Communists LOVE poisoning. Litarally and figuratively.


6 posted on 02/16/2017 5:41:32 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

There were brief reports both members of the Nork female hit team were dead.

Later I saw Malaysian documents stating they’d both been arrested.


7 posted on 02/16/2017 5:50:41 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Two Kids' Dad

“If it only took 5 seconds we should be using that for lethal injections on death row inmates. Quick, effective, simple”.

And cheap! Made in Korea!


8 posted on 02/16/2017 5:50:42 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: gaijin

If the assassins were arrested, they probably wish they were dead!


9 posted on 02/16/2017 5:57:33 PM PST by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Why not use men dressed up as women, make-up and all? Those arrested might be decoys!


10 posted on 02/16/2017 6:04:13 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (im)
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To: gaijin
I think Kyodo News, who broke the news about their death, jumped the gun.
11 posted on 02/16/2017 6:04:26 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
It does appear that they are expendable assets. As you said, they could be decoys. That was my initial thought, too.
Another possibility is that they are contract killers hired by N. Koreans. In addition, it is possible that they didn't know what kind of person the target was.
12 posted on 02/16/2017 6:13:07 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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It is understood that Jong-nam had high blood pressure when he died.

See? It was all just bad diet and sedentary lifestyle.

13 posted on 02/16/2017 6:52:09 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Oh, and note to self: Stop fantasizing about being kidnapped by Asian secret-agent chicks.


14 posted on 02/16/2017 6:54:31 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Communists LOVE poisoning. Litarally and figuratively.

"It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works."

— General Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove


15 posted on 02/16/2017 7:10:56 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Larry Lucido; CivilWarBrewing; gaijin; lee martell; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; ...
New information on one of the suspects, an Indonesian woman:

Jong-nam murder: So who is Siti Aisyah, really?

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Kumparan reported that Siti Aisyah’s involvement in Jong-nam’s murder began when she was approached by a mysterious man at the nightclub that she worked at in Kuala Lumpur.

The man reportedly offered her US$100 (RM445) to carry out the act, which she believed to be a prank.

She is said to have accepted the deal because “she needed the money,” despite not knowing who Jong-nam or her other accomplices were.

She previously worked as a domestic helper in Jakarta before moving to Malaysia in 2013 with her then-husband.

16 posted on 02/16/2017 11:33:54 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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Police: Jong-nam's body will not be released until DNA sample given

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will not release the body of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader until his family has provided a DNA sample, despite Pyongyang’s request that the remains be returned.

17 posted on 02/16/2017 11:38:30 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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Wow 100 dollars and for that she`ll spend the rest of her life in prison


18 posted on 02/17/2017 12:00:02 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Yonhap says that South plans on using loud speakers to announce the death of Kim Jong Un`s brother across the border if they do that will the North fire across the border?


19 posted on 02/17/2017 12:07:26 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; Grampa Dave; Larry Lucido; ...
Updates on Kim Jong-nam murder. The following link is AP version of an article carried by The Star, a Malaysian Daily.(check reply #16 in this thread)

Family, friends describe “nice girl” embroiled in death of North Korean leader’s half brother

20 posted on 02/17/2017 3:48:26 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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