S. Korea says Jong-nam's family will likely have custody of body after autopsy


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 11, 2007. Picture taken February 11, 2007. - Kyodo/via REUTERS

SEOUL: South Korea's spy agency says Kim Jong-nam's family will likely have custody of his body after the autopsy is carried out, not North Korea.

It said on Wednesday that Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was poisoned by two suspected North Korean female agents, according to lawmakers briefed by the intelligence agency.

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