Kim Jong Un's older brother reportedly dead---poisoned in Malaysia

[Tanuki]

(This is the dude who was busted several years ago trying to sneak into Japan to go to Disney World)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korean-leaders-half-brother-killed-by-poison-in-malaysia-reports-claim/2017/02/14/7324f8c6-f2af-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na-amp&utm_term=.9ec7629957b8

"The older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia by two female agents with “poison needles,” South Korean media outlets reported Tuesday.

The reports — which could not be immediately be verified — said Kim’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport Monday by two women who fled the scene scene, according to accounts by South Korea’s TV Chosun, a cable channel.
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“I think the two female spies were dispatched by North Korea,” a government official told the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, adding that “they fled in a taxi ...."

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Analysts have long suspected that China was keeping Kim Jong Nam — who was thought to have lived between Beijing, Singapore and Macau — in reserve as a potential successor to Kim Jong Un, who has had strained relations with the Chinese leadership.

[boston bean]

1. WTF, everything lately is so James Bondish!

Someone is going to make a great movie about this era one day!

[rzemanfl]

2. Or explain it in shadow pictures on the cave wall by firelight. n/t

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Very funny, but kind of scary too!

[rzemanfl]

5. If you aren't scared you aren't paying attention. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Very Putin-esque.

[catsudon]

6. assassin's creed

female assassins

and poison

just like dprk

i'm surprised it took this long.

[Tanuki]

7. Maybe with the missile incident there were rumblings about removing Kim Jung Un,

and this was a move to eliminate a likely successor .

[Xolodno]

8. Wow.

If the current dude got too crazy, this was China's back up. This will have some hidden repercussions.....if ture.

Just a few short months ago it was reported that he was back in North Korea and had mended ties. Again from a source that didn't want to be named.

That seemed unlikely as does this story. Could be bluster to make it harder for fat boy to track him down and deprive China's ace in the hole. Did one of his assassin teams succeed or not?

If they did, should he watch out if his sister starts getting cozy with China?

[kairos12]

9. I heard he was poisoned by a Trump Wedge Salad.