Malaysian police are looking for four more suspects,
all of them North Korean, in connection with the mysterious death of Kim Jong
Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Authorities said they are
treating the incident as a murder case.
Top police official Noor
Rashid Ibrahim addressed reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. When asked
whether Malaysian authorities thought Kim's death had been ordered by the North
Korean regime, he said only that "the four hold North Korean nationality,
that is all."
Kim Jong Nam was on his
way to catch a flight Monday morning to see his family in Macau when he died.
Police say he was sprayed with poison as he waited to board the flight at Kuala
Lumpur International Airport.
Authorities have arrested
four suspects in Kim's death.
Ibrahim said the four
North Korean suspects now sought had left Malaysia the same day of the attack.
Police are also looking for three other people to assist in the investigation.
Interpol is assisting in the search.
North Korean Ri Jong Chol
was arrested Friday at an apartment in Selangor, Malaysia, police said, though
they did not give any further details.
A woman carrying a
Vietnamese ID was arrested, along with a 25-year-old Indonesian woman, Siti
Aisyah.
One of two women was seen
on airport surveillance video wearing a shirt with the letters "LOL"
-- laughing out loud -- emblazoned across the front.
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