Autopsy report provides more details on poisoning

KUALA LUMPUR: The autopsy report on the murder of Kim Jong-Nam revealed that the VX agent killed him about 15-20 minutes after he came into contact with the lethal chemical.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the report will be handed to the police soon.
"The amount of VX nerve agent in Jong-Nam's body was so high that it affected his heart and lungs. The absorption level was so rapid.
"It resulted in him being killed about 15-20 minutes upon contact with the lethal chemical," he told reporters at the Institute for Health Management, Bangsar, here.
Subramaniam further stressed the need of his next-of-kin to show up to determine the identity of the deceased.
"If the next-of-kin fail to show up, the ministry would have to use other tools to ascertain the identity of the deceased.
"We could use dental profiling as well as comparing him to his pictures where we could identify him by the identification marks such as moles," he said.
Subramaniam further added the cause of death was now "more or less confirmed".
A joint-operation was conducted earlier today by the police's Forensics Unit, the Fire and Rescue Department's Hazardous Materials team and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) to sweep areas of the airport, where Jong-Nam was attacked, for traces of the deadly chemical.
Jong-Nam was killed on Feb 13 by two women who applied a toxic liquid (VX nerve agent) on his face at the KL International Airport 2 departure hall as he was about to leave for Macau.