North Korean deported in Kim case claims Malaysia threatened to kill his family

A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia has accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honour.

Ri Jong Chol spoke to reporters in Beijing, China, while on his way to Pyongyang. Malaysian authorities have said there is insufficient evidence to charge him over Kim Jong Nam's killing at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13.