Malaysia detains woman over murder of half-brother of North Korea leader

The woman was detained in the low-cost terminal of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has detained a woman holding a Vietnamese travel document in connection with the death of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, police said on Wednesday.

The woman, detained on Wednesday morning at the low-cost terminal of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in the Malaysian capital, was identified on the travel document as Doan Thi Huong, police said in a statement.

The "suspect was positively identified from the CCTV footage at the airport and was alone at the time of arrest," they added.

South Korea`s spy agency suspects two female North Korean agents assassinated the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader on Monday, South Korean lawmakers in Seoul have said.