Malaysia has not stopped work permits to North Koreans, says Zahid
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MALAYSIA has not stopped issuing permits to North Koreans, said Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
“The Japanese news that says we have stopped issuing visas for North Koreans – that report is not true,” Zahid said at a press conference at his Raya open house in Putrajaya today.
Kyodo News Agency reported that Malaysia no longer issued work permits to North Koreans after the United Nations urged countries to stop economically aiding the North Korean leadership.
Malaysia and North Korea’s relationship became strained following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 on February 13.
Jong-nam was the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28, have been charged with the murder of Jong-nam.
Jong-nam was returning to Macau, where he was living in exile, when he was killed by poison.
The murder sparked a diplomatic row between Malaysia and North Korea resulting in both countries recalling their ambassadors. – July 1, 2017.