The NK’s have better leadership qualities and best send our leaders there for leadership and brinkmanship training
PETALING JAYA: The two Malaysians under the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) have arrived in Beijing from North Korea.
A WFP spokesman confirmed this but declined to give further details.
It is not immediately known if the two Malaysian staff members
would return to Malaysia or be posted somewhere else.
“The staff members are international civil servants and not
representatives of their national government.
“They work on WFP’s
programmes in North Korea,” the spokesman said Thursday.
North Korea on Tuesday barred Malaysians from leaving the country,
which led to Malaysia doing the same to North Korean citizens here.
A diplomatic row is brewing between Malaysia and North Korea after
the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 on Feb 13.
North Korea has condemned Malaysia’s handling of the case, and
accused Malaysia of colluding with South Korea in the investigation.
Malaysia later recalled its ambassador to the hermit kingdom, and
expelled North Korean ambassador Kang Chol.
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MEANWHILE, according to Malaysiakini:
Two United Nations employees, who were among 11 Malaysian nationals stranded in North Korea following a travel ban, have left the country.
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak confirmed that the two, who work for the World Food Programme, had arrived in Beijing.
“Alhamduillah (Thank God). Two of our citizens under WFP, Stella Lim and Nyanaprakash Muniandy, were allowed to leave Pyongyang and have arrived in Beijing,” he said in a Twitter posting.
The other Malaysians still in North Korea comprise three diplomatic staff and and six family members.
Najib also revealed that he spoke on the telephone with the counsellor of the Malaysian embassy in Pyongyang Mohd Nor Azrin.
“I would like to update that he, his family along with all of the other Malaysians in North Korea are safe, Alhamdulillah.
“I have given him my assurance that the government will do everything we can to ensure that they return home safely soon. The whole of Malaysia is praying for them,” he said.
“Even though they are refrained from leaving the country, the North Korean government have assured us of their safety and they are free to go about their daily lives.
“The government will continue to work on reaching the best solution on this issue. Let us all pray for the best,” he added.
The prime minister said he has also requested mosques nationwide to conduct prayers for the Malaysians in North Korea.
Pyongyang on Tuesday banned Malaysians from leaving North Korea until the issue of Kim Jong-nam’s murder is properly resolved.
This came after Wisma Putra ordered North Korean ambassador Kang Chol to leave the country for accusing Malaysia of conspiracy to blame his country for the murder.
Najib had condemned North Korea’s move as tantamount to holding Malaysians “hostage” and imposed similar measures against North Koreans in Malaysia.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries became strained following the murder of Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA 2) on Feb 13.
Police have charged two women, an Indonesian and a Vietnamese national, over the murder.
The two were accused of smearing the deceased with VX nerve agent as he waited to board a flight to Macau.
Police believe four North Korean men were the main suspects but have since fled the country.
Police released another North Korean chemist Ri Jong-chol after failing to secure sufficient evidence to charge him.
Pyongyang is demanding the return of Jong-nam’s body but Malaysia indicated that it would release the body to Jong-nam’s next-of-kin.
ANN / MKINI
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