Caught between two nations


PETALING JAYA: He’s the man who is at the centre of a row between two countries, yet so little is known about him.

The North Korean businessman Mun Chol-myong (pic) is the reason Malaysian and international press have been camping outside the North Korean embassy in Bukit Damansara here since 7.30am yesterday, almost like the days when Kim Jong-nam was murdered at klia2 about four years ago.

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