Kim killing: KL police hunting more suspects, including an 'important person'

Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA is pursuing more potential suspects, including at least one "important" person, in connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam last month in Kuala Lumpur, the police chief said on Sunday.

The half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un was poisoned with the lethal nerve agent VX in a brazen Cold War-style assassination on Feb 13 in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Seoul has blamed Pyongyang for his death, but the North has rejected those claims and denounced Malaysia's investigation as an attempt to smear the secretive regime, insisting that Mr Kim most likely died of a heart attack.

"There are more ... persons that are involved in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, we will use t…