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Hong Song Hac

Crime · Wanted

Hong Song Hac is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Hong Song Hac · SONG HAC HONG				[sources]
Other name	Chang · Song Hac Hong				[sources]
Birth date	1984-03-22				[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	SONG HAC				[sources]
Last name	HONG				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q52159866				[sources]
Source link	ws-public.interpol.int				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-04-02	First seen	2023-08-08

A romanization of this individual's name more aligned with North Korean romanization conventions might be "Hong Song Hak".

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 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	Red Notice	-	-

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

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

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Source data IDs: kprusi-4c0733405d5d7ba46e5f4742f980ef4979a13667 · interpol-red-2017-15146

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