Speaking to FMT, Hamid said the police were ever vigilant, and that so far, they have not detected the presence of any such “foreign agents”.

He was commenting on a Daily NK report which claimed that “hundreds” of employees affiliated with North Korea’s ruling Central Committee and secret agents from the Munitions Industry Department are still in the country.

The report, quoting a source, claimed that those left behind are involved in the smuggling of luxury goods and arms from North Korea en route to Middle-East countries like Iran and Syria.

“There are only a few more North Korean citizens in the country, and they are under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme,” said Hamid.

“There’s nothing peculiar about their (North Koreans under the MM2H) stay here.”

Hamid said in any case, the police will not hesitate to act on any information it receives on possible threats to the nation.

“I would very much like to meet the writers of the (Daily NK) report so they can share the information they have with us.”

Recently, Putrajaya expelled all North Korean diplomats and their dependents from the country after Pyongyang severed diplomatic relations with Malaysia.

North Korea’s decision to cut ties came after the High Court allowed the extradition of a North Korean man to the US to face money laundering charges.