At least two of the cars were parked inside the compound while the third was seen parked outside with a police patrol car parked behind it. The cars had diplomatic number plates, one of which was 28-35-DC.
Two more of the North Korean embassy cars were parked in the mortuary compound
The occupants of the cars were at the mortuary where a post-mortem on the body of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was being carried out.
Jong-nam was believed to have been attacked by two women with liquid poison just before he was to take a flight to Macau at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) on Monday.
The 45-year-old was killed by the two female agents who splashed his face with a chemical at the airport’s departure hall at about 9am. The women later got into a cab and fled.
It is believed that Jong-nam arrived in Malaysia from Macau on Feb 6 and was about to leave when he was attacked.