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O Jong Gil

Crime · Wanted

O Jong Gil is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	JONG GIL O · O Jong Gil				[sources]
Alias	Jong Gil O				[sources]
Birth date	1962-08-30				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Suspect wanted by the Judicial Authorities of Malaysia for the murder of Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, at the Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.				[sources]
First name	JONG GIL				[sources]
Last name	Gil · O				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q52159858				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-15	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-08-08

North Korean murderer, wanted by Malaysia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-05

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Malaysia	INTERPOL		-	-

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

International arrest warrants published by INTERPOL with a view to extradition of the wanted individuals.

INTERPOL

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: interpol-red-2017-15142 · kprusi-a860ec8b999b90437da557a1b1192e7b1407044c

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