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KUALA LUMPUR. – Malaysian police say an investigation is underway into the gunning down of a Palestinian man and that security is being beefed up in the country following recent high-profile assassinations. Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group said Fadi al-Batsh was an important member of the group and accused Israel of being behind his killing early on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur.

His death comes just over a year after the brazen assassination of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport.

Two Southeast Asian women have pleaded not guilty to killing Kim Jong Nam by smearing a nerve agent on his face in a plot that prosecutors say was masterminded by North Korean agents.

Meanwhile, China dispatched a working group with medical experts to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) yesterday after a major road accident occurred on Sunday night in the country, the Foreign Ministry said.

The accident, which occurred in North Hwanghae Province, south of Pyongyang, killed 32 Chinese tourists and four DPRK personnel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a routine press briefing.
Two Chinese tourists were seriously injured and their situation is extremely critical, according to Lu. – Xinhua-AP.