PUTRAJAYA: The VX nerve agent found on Kim Jong-nam, who was murdered in Malaysia on Feb 13, was never found in Malaysia before, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya.
He said the VX nerve agent is a chemical weapon that could paralyse the nervous system and anyone in contact with it could die in half an hour due to breathing failure.
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