Inspector-general Khalid Abu Bakar has denied news reports claiming that his officers went to Macau with DNA samples from Kim Jong-nam as well as to obtain samples from his son Kim Han-sol.

"Not true. We did not send any samples anywhere.

"We (also) did not receive any DNA sample from any country. That is not true," he told reporters when met after the Kuala Lumpur police Chinese New Year open house.