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PETALING JAYA: The public should not worry about claims that North Korean agents and smugglers have been “left behind” after Malaysia’s ties to the lonely country were severed, says Inspector General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador .
Speaking to the FMT, Hamid said that the police were always on the alert and that so far they have not detected the presence of such “foreign agents”.
He was commenting on a Daily NK report that claimed that “hundreds” of employees affiliated with North Korea’s ruling Central Committee and secret agents from the Munitions Industry Department are still in the country.
The report, citing one source, claimed that those left behind are involved in smuggling luxury goods and weapons from North Korea en route to Middle Eastern countries such as Iran and Syria.
“There are only a few other North Korean citizens in the country, and they are under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) program,” Hamid said.
“There is nothing peculiar about (North Koreans under MM2H) staying here.”
Hamid said that in any event, the police will not hesitate to act on any information they receive about possible threats to the nation.
“I would very much like to meet the editors of the report (Daily NK) so that they can share the information they have with us.”
Putrajaya recently expelled all North Korean diplomats and their dependents from the country after Pyongyang severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia.
North Korea’s decision to cut ties came after the High Court allowed the extradition of a North Korean man to the United States to face money laundering charges.
