Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on North Korea to immediately release its citizens after Pyongyang banned Malaysians from leaving the country.
In a statement published Tuesday afternoon, local time, Razak condemned what he referred to as NoMalaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on North Korea to immediately release its citizens after Pyongyang banned Malaysians from leaving the country.
In a statement published Tuesday afternoon, local time, Razak condemned what he referred to as North Korea's "abhorrent act, effectively holding our citizens hostage" and called on the country's leadership to release Malaysians to avoid "further escalation."
Hours after Pyongyang's ban was announced by North Korean state media, Malaysia said it would prevent North Korean diplomats from leaving. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told Associated Press the measure was necessary because North Korea had "manipulated what we call a murder case."
Tuesday's travel bans are the latest ratcheting of diplomatic tensions in the wake of the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader, at Kuala Lumpur's airport on Feb. 13.
According to Agence France-Presse, the official Korea Central News Agency said Tuesday morning: "All Malaysian nationals in the DPRK will be temporarily prohibited from leaving the country until the incident that happened in Malaysia is properly solved."
On Monday, Pyongyang expelled the Malaysian ambassador from the country, reciprocating Malaysia's order for the North Korean envoy there to leave within 48-hours.
Time, March 07 2017
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