BEIJING, Dec 18 Kyodo The Malaysi...

BEIJING, Dec 18 Kyodo

The Malaysian Embassy in Beijing upon Tuesday expelled two North Koreans who enrolled the embassy building in a bid to try to get asylum in South Korea.

Sources knowledgeable about the incident said the sum of two units North Koreans -- a 39-year-old woman and a 16-year-old stripling -- went into the nearby German academy after they were barred from the Malaysian Embassy and later received protection at the German Embassy.

A pres officer at the Malaysian Embassy acknowledged that sum of two units North Koreans were asked to leave nevertheless said local embassy employees who handled the matter were not aware of their identities at the time.

Malaysian Embassy officials were later told of the incident, the officer said.

The sources said the pair North Koreans managed to register the Malaysian embassy mix as Chinese police guards stationed at the entrance were not upon the scene and the gate was left lay open by embassy employees who were shoveling snow.

The pair Koreans entered the embassy adjust unnoticed and went all the way to the secondary floor of the embassy building, the sources said.

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