Reformed nation calls move by Malaysian court ‘nefarious’ but do not say will close the embassy.
North Korea has said it would cut diplomatic relations with Malaysia after a court in a Southeast Asian country ruled that a North Korean man could be deported to the United States to face charges cash, state media reported Friday.
North Korea’s foreign ministry also warned that Washington would “pay a price”, in a statement issued by the state-run Central Korean News Agency (KCNA).
Malaysia’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A North Korean statement did not identify its citizen, but in early March, Malaysia’s main court argued that a North Korean man, Mun Chol Myong, could be extended.
Mun had been living in Malaysia for a decade and was arrested in May 2019 after U.S. authorities called for his extension. The Malaysian government approved the request, but Mun objected.
In his affidavit, Mun denied allegations by the U.S. that he was involved in a banned luxury goods from Singapore to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions while working in the United States. city before moving to Malaysia in 2008.
He denied that he had launched money through frontline companies and issued false documents to support illegal travelers to his country. He said in his testimony that he had suffered a “politically motivated” appeasement of pacification aimed at putting pressure on North Korea over its missile program.
North Korea’s foreign ministry described the insurrection as “a heinous act and a serious unsustainable crime” by the Malaysian authorities, who had “offered our citizens as a sacrifice of a hostile U.S. movement in accordance with international law”. nationally recognized. “
Malaysia’s actions had destroyed “the entire foundation of bilateral relations based on respect for sovereignty,” he said.
Murt Kim Jong Nam
Kuala Lumpur’s close ties with North Korea were suddenly shattered after the killing of Korean brother Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017 when two women smeared him face by zero agent VX, deployed by the United Nations. lists as a tool of mass destruction.
Malaysia suspended the operation of its embassy in Pyongyang once it secured the safe return of nine citizens detained in Pyongyang in exchange for the release of Kim Jong Nam’s body.
Despite a promise from Mahathir Mohamad, then of Malaysia, when there appeared to be a diplomatic relationship in 2018, the embassy never started working.
North Korea had used Malaysia as a major center for arms export operations, and to set up business groups to finance money to North Korean leadership.
Relations between Malaysia and North Korea were revealed after Kim Jong Nam was assaulted and killed by a zero agent in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport area in February 2017 [File: FUJI TV/via Reuters TV]
He currently maintains an embassy in the high-rise residential area of Kuala Lumpur.
The statement did not mention Pyongyang’s plans for the embassy.
“We warn in advance that the U.S. – the backstage manipulator and the main prosecutor of this incident – will also do so to pay a reasonable price,” KCNA said.
The US is reviewing its North Korean policy in consultation with its allies. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the process would be ready in the next few weeks.