D-G: Kim Jong-nam was attacked outside passport check area

PUTRAJAYA: Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is believed to have been assassinated before he could have his passport checked at the KLIA2 departure hall.

Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (pic) said the place where Jong-nam is said to have been poisoned was outside the immigration check-point area.