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KUALA LUMPUR: The police will reinforce security in sensitive places after the diplomatic fallout between North Korea and Malaysia.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (Photo) He said his staff would take a cautious approach when involving North Korea.
“What happened here did not happen because we are their enemies, but because they chose to sever diplomatic ties with us.
“I have ordered all department directors and state police chiefs to make preparations to monitor the situation,” he told reporters in Bukit Aman on Tuesday (March 23).
He also said that the police would continue to monitor the situation until they were satisfied that the problems had been resolved.
Earlier this month, a Kuala Lumpur court ruled in favor of the extradition of North Korean citizen Mun Chol-myong to the United States to face money laundering charges.
North Korea then severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia on Friday (March 19), and in response, the Malaysian government ordered all diplomatic personnel and their dependents to leave the Pyongyang embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
Staff from the North Korean Embassy here were reported to have left the premises on Sunday (March 21).
Issuing a statement before leaving, North Korean councilor Kim Yu-song said the Malaysian government would bear the consequences of what happened.
Kim added that Mun’s extradition “deprived the state of its sovereignty” and that the Malaysian authorities were “blindly gaining favor” with the United States.
He claimed that the surrender of his citizen had destroyed the foundations of bilateral relations between Malaysia and North Korea.
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