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The Latest: Malaysia says no evidence against N. Korean man

The Latest: Malaysia says no evidence against N. Korean man | iNFOnews.ca
Media film and photograph a North Korean diplomatic vehicle leaving the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Malaysia is scrapping visa-free entry for North Koreans traveling into the country, the state news agency said Thursday in the latest fallout from a deadly nerve agent attack at Kuala Lumpur airport. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Latest on the investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, in Malaysia (all times local):

12:15 p.m.

Malaysia’s attorney general says a North Korean man will be released and deported because of lack of evidence connecting him to the nerve agent attack on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean ruler.

Attorney General Mohamad Apandi Ali said Thursday that 45-year-old Ri Jong Chol will be released Friday. Malaysia has not described his alleged role in the killing.

He was arrested on Feb. 17, four days after Kim was attacked at Kuala Lumpur’s airport.

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