Court approves N. Korean’s extradition to US
Kang Son Bi , the wife of North Korean businessman Mun Chol Myong, and North Korean embassy in Malaysia counsellor Kim Yu Song at the Kuala Lumpur High Court earlier this month. Mun has lost his bid to remain in the country and will be extradited to the US. – EPA pic, December 13, 2019.
A NORTH Korean man is likely to face money-laundering charges in the United States after a Malaysian court approved his extradition today, in a case his lawyers claim is politically motivated. Mun Chol Myong has denied FBI claims that he led a criminal group that violated sanctions by supplying luxury goods to his isolated homeland and laundered funds through front companies.
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