North Korea cuts diplomat ties with Malaysia over US extradition
North Korea says it’ll minimize diplomatic ties with Malaysia to protest its current court docket ruling that permits a North Korean citizen to be extradited to the United States to face cash laundering costs.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry stated Friday that it was asserting “total severance of the diplomatic relations with Malaysia which committed super-large hostile act against (North Korea) in subservience to the US pressure.”
It says the person was extradited to the United States. It says the United States will “pay a due price.”
Earlier this month, Malaysia’s high court docket rejected an assertion by the North Korean man that the US cost was politically motivated and dominated that he may be extradited to the United States.
The man, named Mun Chol Myong, has lived in Malaysia for a decade and was arrested in May 2019 after US authorities requested his extradition.