‘I just hate him, so get rid of him’, Kim Jong-un alleged to have said of slain brother
Kim Jong-nam died at an airport terminal in Malaysia on Monday
Seoul — Five years ago, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s ruler, pleaded with his younger sibling to spare his life, according to two legislators in South Korea. He wrote a letter to Kim Jong-un, who took power after their father Kim Jong-il died in December 2011, and asked him to withdraw a standing order for his assassination, according to the legislators, who were briefed by South Korea’s spy agency. "We have nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. We are well aware that the only way to escape is suicide," Kim Jong-nam said in a letter to Kim Jong-un, one of the legislators said. Kim Jong-nam died after an assault, possibly with poison, at an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. US and South Korean government officials have said they believe he was assassinated by agents from the North. The eldest son of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-nam was hidden from public view for years because his father and actress mother were not legally married. He was not shown to his gr...
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