North Korea’s authorities announced a break of diplomatic relations with Malaysia. This is reported by the South Korean Agency “Ryonhap” with reference to the State Media DPRK.
The reason for Demarche was the decision of the Malaysian Supreme Court to extradite a citizen of the DPRK suspected of money laundering in the United States. According to Washington, the accused is involved in shipment of luxury objects from Singapore in Pyongyang in violation of UN sanctions. In the DPRK, they argue that the businessman was engaged in “legitimate foreign trade activities.”
Malaysia made a hostile act against the DPRK, Rabolenno obeying the US pressure, “said in Pyongyang. – The United States will pay the proper price as a backstage manipulator and the main culprit of this incident.”