Police ready to carry out PM's directive to bar North Koreans from leaving country

Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police and other authorities are ready to heed the instructions of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who has ordered that all North Korean diplomatic staff be barred from leaving Malaysia.

"We will carry out the instructions of the Prime Minister," said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar when contacted via WhatsApp on Tuesday night.