A South Korean government source has divulged that in January 2009, when youngest son Kim Jong-Un was tapped as a likely future successor to North Korean leadership, aides to the Youth Captain plotted an attack on Kim Jong-Nam. Kim Jong-Nam was once believed to be the favoured son for succession, until he was arrested in 2008 for trying to sneak into Japan on a forged passport. He has been living in Macau, a territory of China, since then. The intention of the attack was to silence the “loose-tongued” son from saying too much about North Korea’s politics to the outside world. It is unknown whether the intent was to assassinate Jong-Nam, or send a message of deterrence. China interrupted the plans by refusing to allow North Korea agents to attack Jong-Nam while on Chinese soil.
Source: Google News via AFP.
