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KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country's police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the southeast Asian nation's dealings with North Korea.
Ties between the two countries have been strained since the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the airport in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
On Monday, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said authorities at Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur had seized 250 kg of the equipment, manufactured by Glocom, identified in a Reuters report as running an arms operation out of Malaysia.
Last month, Reuters reported that North Korean intelligence ran an arms operation out of Malaysia called Glocom, using two front companies identified as International Global System and International Golden Services.
A 2009 resolution of the U.N. bans North Korea from exporting arms or related military equipment.
Khalid said International Global System was set up in 2005 by Malaysian and North Korean shareholders.
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