celia hatton reports.an appears to have involved a widening cast of characters. four have already been detained in the poisoning of kimjong—nam, including a woman holding a vietnamese passport, who could be this person from the crime scene. and this indonesian woman, who said she was tricked into participating. she said she thought she was on a television prank show. one north korean citizen is also in custody, thought to be the man escorted here by malaysian police. and now the authorities have asked for interpol‘s help to find at least four more north koreans, who all entered and exited malaysia using regular passports. and i can confirm today that they have left our country, the very same day the incident happened. and more suspects are also wanted. people of interest who might know how kim jong—nam's killing was carried out. four suspects have been identified, which could assist us very much in the investigation. but still the question of what will be done with kim jong—nam's body. malaysian law requir

celia hatton reports. already been detained in the poisoning of kimjong—nam, including a woman holding a vietnamese passport, who could be this person from the crime scene, and this indonesian woman, who says she was tricked into participating. she says she thought she was on a television prank show. one north korean citizen is also in custody, thought to be the man escorted here by malaysian police. and now the authorities have asked for interpol‘s help to find at least four more north koreans, who all entered and exited malaysia using regular passports. and i can confirm today that they have left our country, the very same day the incident happened. and more suspects are also wanted, people of interest who might know how kim jong—nam's killing was carried out. four suspects have been identified, which could assist us very much in the investigation. but still the question of what will be done with kim jong—nam's body. malaysian law requires his family to come in person to claim his corpse. the next—of—kin

i'm celia hatton.ean ballistic missile, the us says it will reinforce its alliances in the pacific region. swiss voters decide in a referendum to make it easierfor some to get citizenship. also coming up... a 13th day of protests — tens of thousands of romanians demand their government's resignation. the leadership says it's standing firm. if we get a nonconfidence vote in the parliament, we go home. but until that moment, we will do ourjob. and the british academy film awards are underway here in london with viola davis, casey affleck and dev patel winning in some of the acting categories.

i'm celia hatton. the headlines: after the latest firing of a north korean ballistic missile, the us says it will reinforce its alliances in the pacific region. swiss voters decide in a referendum to make it easierfor some to get citizenship. also coming up... a 13th day of protests — tens of thousands of romanians demand their government's resignation. the leadership says it's standing firm. if we get a nonconfidence vote in the parliament, we go home. but until that moment, we will do ourjob. and the british academy film awards are underway here in london with viola davis, casey affleck and dev patel winning in some of the acting categories. a senior advisor to president trump says the united states is going to reinforce vital alliances in the pacific region in order to deter increasing hostility from north korea. that announcement followed north korea's launch of a ballistic missile that's drawn harsh international condemnation. it's the first such launch since donald trump took office as us preside

celia hatton reports.ars to have involved a widening cast of characters. four have already been detained in the poisoning of kimjong—nam, including a woman holding a vietnamese passport who could be this person from the crime scene, and this woman who says she was tricked into participating. she says she thought she was on a television prank show. one north korean citizen is in custody, thought to be the man escorted here by malaysian police. and now the authorities have asked for interpol‘s help to find at least four more north koreans, who all entered and exited malaysia using regular passports. i can confirm today they have left our country the very same day the incident happened. and more suspects are also wanted. people of interest who might know how kim jong—nam's killing was carried out. four suspects has been identified, which could assist us very much on the investigation. still the question of what will be done with. kim jong—nam's body. malaysian law requires his family to come in person to clai

celia hatton, our asia—pacific editor, explained where we've got to with all of this. may have had some connection to the death of kim jong—nam starting to grow. more people they want to question. those men are thought to have left malaysia on the day of the killing. the day it came out they probably flew to divide. and whilst they are unconfirmed reports, some of them are now back in north korea. if it is the case, there is no point in malaysia asking interpol for help in tracking down these four north korean men, because if they are back in north korea, they are beyond arm ‘s reach. in north korea, they are beyond arm 's reach. am i right in saying we don't know why he died yet? we don't know yet, all eyes will be on the toxicology report which is expected inafew toxicology report which is expected in a few days. i had a fascinating discussion with a poison expert today. he said it could take ages to figure out exactly what could have killed kim jong—nam, if figure out exactly what could have killed kimjong—nam, if it was indeed, what we have been led to believe, whe

celia hatton reports.rs to have involved a widening cast of characters. four have already been detained in the poisoning of kim jong—nam. including a woman holding a vietnamese passport who could be this person from the crime scene and this person from the crime scene and this woman who says she was tricked into participating. she says she thought she was on a television prank show. 0ne prank show. one north korean citizen is in custody, thought to be the man escorted here by malaysian police. and now, the authorities have asked for interpol‘s help to find at least four more north koreans, who all entered an exited malaysia using regular passports. ican regular passports. i can confirm today they have left oui’ i can confirm today they have left our country the very same day the incident happened. and more suspects are also wanted. people of interest who might know how kimjong—nam's killing was carried out. four suspects has been identified. which could assist us very much on the investigation. still the q

with me is our news correspondent celia hatton.h are supposed cannot later this week from the malaysia police. they admit that it has been tricky in pinpointing the kind of poison that might have been used in kim jong—nam's death. they are carrying out those test so we will get those results later in the week. we will know more about the definitive cause of death then, but the malaysia police have also named four north korean suspects who they believe we re korean suspects who they believe were involved in this death. three of those men are believed to have already left malaysia on the day of the killing and we have unconfirmed reports that those men are already backin reports that those men are already back in north korea. malaysia had asked interpol for help in tracking down these men but frankly if they are back in north korea and if those reports are true, they beyond reach. it will be very difficult for those men to ever be questioned or arrested. at the moment, it really does seem to be a bit of a diplomatic stand—off between