Kuala Lumpur: A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Malaysia's state news agency Bernama says.
Malaysia detained the second woman on Thursday, the agency reported, citing the inspector general of police.
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What's behind Kim Jong-nam's assassination?
Why is North Korea believed to be behind the murder of leader's half-brother Kim Jong-nam?
An official statement on the arrest would be issued later in the day, IGP Khalid Abu Bakar told Bernama. Police later said the woman held an Indonesian passport.
Malaysian police on Wednesday detained a woman holding Vietnam travel papers.
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The woman said the men instructed her to spray the liquid on Mr Kim as her woman companion covered his face with a handkerchief, as she had been instructed, the newspaper said. The newspaper quoted a police source saying the two women left the airport in a taxi together.
She claimed when she could not later find her companion or the four men, she returned to the airport, where she was arrested on Wednesday.
Police have not confirmed this account.
Police said the security camera nearest the attack was not operating.
Malaysia has received a request to send his body to North Korea immediately, but earlier on Thursday medical workers conducted an autopsy on Kim's body.
It was not immediately clear if or when Malaysia would release the findings publicly.
Reuters with Lindsay Murdoch