Lu added that two other North Korean citizens - suspected by Malaysia of involvement in Kim Jong-nam's killing - also flew from the Malaysian capital to Pyongyang, but did not disclose details of their identity, Efe news reported.

Malaysian authorities wrongly identified the slain half-brother of North Korea's leader as a South Korean national and first alerted Seoul's embassy...

According to the minister, the body is being kept at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital's National Forensic Institute, the New Straits Times reported.