Lawyer Gooi Soon Seng, North Korean embassy counsellor Kim Yu Song and Kang Son-bi, wife of Mun Chol-myong seen at the Jalan Duta court complex for the hearing of her husband, a North Korean man facing extradition from Malaysia to the US on money-laundering, Monday, August 24, 2020. - The Star
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18, 2020 (AFP): A North Korean man launched a legal challenge on Friday against a US bid to extradite him from Malaysia over allegations he supplied goods to his country in breach of sanctions.
Mun Chol Myong, who has lived in the South-East Asian country with his family for a decade, was arrested last year following an extradition request from Washington.
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