‘Jong-nam killed outside immigration area of KLIA2’

This general view taken on February 15, 2017 shows an information desk at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, where Kim Jong-Nam reportedly been attacked by two women believed to be North Korean agents.The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has been murdered in Malaysia, pleaded for his life to be spared after a failed assassination bid in 2012, lawmakers briefed by Seouls spy chief said on February 15. / AFP PHOTO / YONHAP / str / - South Korea OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

PUTRAJAYA: The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated before he could have had his passport checked at the departure hall of KLIA2.

Kim Jong-nam was killed outside the immigration check-point area, said Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali.