Malaysia rejects North Korea request for Kim’s body

‘Malaysia has turned down a request by North Korea to turn over the body of a man believed to be the North Korean leader’s half-brother, who was recently killed in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian authorities are requesting family DNA to ascertain the relation first as they are trying to get to the bottom of the cloak-and-dagger murder.
“We need a DNA sample of a family member to match the profile of the dead person,” said Selangor State’s police chief Abdul Samah Mat on Friday.
“North Korea has submitted a request to claim the body, but before we release the body, we have to identify who the body belongs to,” he added.’
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