North Koreans tried to stop autopsy on body of leader's half-brother

Members of the media chase a North Korea official car to ask questions at the morgue at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital where Kim Jong Nam's body is held for autopsy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - North Korean officials spent hours on Wednesday trying to talk Malaysia out of conducting an autopsy on Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother, who was murdered at Kuala Lumpur airport this week, three sources familiar with the stand-off told Reuters.

Malaysian authorities refused the request, said the sources, all Malaysian government officials. The events have not previously been reported by international media.