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Malaysian officials run into N. Korean's diplomatic immunity

TOKYO (AP) — Malaysian police investigating the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half brother believe they know somebody who might help them solve one of the most bizarre murder mysteries they have ever faced. National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said investigators have submitted a request through Malaysia's foreign ministry to the North Korean Embassy to interview the diplomat. Because of allegations the North uses its embassies abroad to make money for its nuclear and missile programs, United Nations sanctions now call for vigilance against North Korean diplomats engaged in illicit activity. All member states are required to reduce the number of staff at its diplomatic missions and consular posts and limit the number of bank accounts each can have. [...] few things are more established in the way the diplomatic community around the world conducts its day-to-day business than the concept of diplomatic immunity — the essential freedom of diplomats to travel and conduct their duties without the fear of being arrested or harassed for political reasons. [...] while diplomats aren't always the perfectly law-abiding citizens that we might hope, when diplomatic immunity and the realities of a criminal investigation butt heads, local police tend to have the weaker hand.

 

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