KUALA LUMPUR: The fourth suspect arrested over the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam is the first North Korean citizen detained so far and has expertise in chemistry.
Ri Jong-chol, from Pyongyang, graduated in the science and medicine field from a university in North Korea in 2000.
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