KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 -- A Japanese national wanted for a 2018 murder in his home country has been deported from Malaysia after seven years as a fugitive, during which he assumed a fake identity as a Myanmar citizen to evade capture.

The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) confirmed the deportation today, completing a complex international investigation that relied on forensic science, including a crucial DNA match, to unmask the wanted man.

The man was initially arrested by the Kedah police's Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department for drug and immigration offences.

This triggered further investigation by Bukit Aman's Interpol division (D12) following a request for assistance from Japanese authorities, who had placed him on an Interpol R...