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Nur Jazlan: Cops probing leakage of CCTV footage on Jong-nam attack

Police have been instructed to investigate the Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) on how the video recording from the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras connected to the death of Kim Jong-nam at KL International Airport 2 (KLIA2) was obtained and aired by the foreign media.

Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed said MAHB was fully responsible for all aspects of security at the airports including KLIA2 and the police were there only to help.

"That's what we are investigating (who distributed CCTV recording), the clip was not from the police as MAHB is the one that manages the airport, the one that appoints the security personnel is MAHB.

"Police is investigating the MAHB, on who distributed the video recording... I do not want the police to be blamed for the dissemination of the footage. MAHB has to be responsible," he told reporters when met at the handing over of duty ceremony of the Malaysian Drug Prevention Association (Pemadam) president in Kuala Lumpur today.

The clip lasting 2.33 seconds at KLIA2 was aired by a foreign broadcasting company and went viral on social media since Sunday.

On Feb 13, Jong-nam was in KLIA2 while waiting to board a flight to Macau when a woman suddenly covered his face with a cloth laced with poison.

Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who had carried a passport with the name of Kim Chol, died while being rushed to the Putrajaya Hospital.

- Bernama

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