The DPRK Ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol will leave the country imminently, according to reports, after having been given 48 hours to leave by authorities on Saturday.

Speaking to press at the airport, Kang said he felt “grave concern over extreme measures taken by the Malaysian government”, and that Kuala Lumpur was doing “great harm to bilateral relations which has a history of over more than 40 years.”

“The statement I’ve made is an expression of the righteous stand as the ambassador of the DPRK to this country,” he said.

Kang was called to appear at Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs by