Loony North Korean officials claim assassinated Kim Jong-nam died of a heart attack, not poisoning – despite NEVER even examining his body
NORTH Korea has claimed Kim Jong-nam died from a heart attack — despite footage showing him being assassinated with a toxic nerve agent.
The playboy half-brother of tyrant Kim Jong-un was killed with VX, one of the world's deadliest chemical weapons, according to Malaysia police.
He was smothered by the super-toxic nerve agent as he was walking through Kuala Lumpur Airport last month.
Jong-nam collapsed and died on the way to hospital.
But Ri Tong Il, the former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations, has insisted that Jong-nam took medication for heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.
He also referred to the victim as Kim Chol - the name on a passport he was carrying - despite authorities in Malaysia confirming he was Jong-nam.
Two women have been charged - an Indonesian and a Vietnamese - with his murder.
Siti Aishah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, were presented in court by the Malaysian police on Wednesday, where charges were read out against them.
They face the death penalty if convicted.
The female suspects told police they were duped into the killing by “friends” who told them it was just a harmless prank for a reality show.
They claim they were unwitting pawns in an assassination that US officials and South Korean intelligence have said was organised by North Korean agents.
Jong-nam had criticised the regime of his family and his half-brother Kim Jong-un in the past and had been living in exile, under Beijing's protection, in the Chinese territory of Macau.
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