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Kim Jong-nam killing: Armed guards posted at Morgue; body not claimed yet

An autopsy report is still pending more than a week after the murder

Published Tue, Feb 21, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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Kuala Lumpur

ARMED men stood guard on Tuesday at the morgue holding the body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, with officials denying reports the dead man's son had arrived to claim the remains.

The corpse of Kim Jong-nam - who was killed last Monday at Kuala Lumpur airport - has been at the centre of a diplomatic row between Pyongyang and Malaysia, after the North insisted it be returned and objected to an autopsy being performed.

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