Malaysia police arrest woman over North Korean killing
The arrest of a woman travelling on a Vietnamese passport follows the assassination of estranged Kim Jong-Nam, the elder brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian police probing the killing of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader arrested a woman on Wednesday as they tried to unravel a Cold War-style assassination the South said was carried out by Pyongyang’s agents using poison. As Seoul pointed the finger at two female spies and their four male counterparts from North, police in Kuala Lumpur said they were holding a woman with a Vietnamese passport. Her arrest came about 24 hours after news broke of the death of Kim Jong-Nam, the elder sibling of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with some reports saying female assassins had sprayed toxins in his face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Other reports said he was injected with poison. CCTV images that emerged in Malaysian media, purportedly of one of the suspects, showed an Asian woman wearing a white top with the letters "LOL" emblazoned on the front. Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said 28-year-old Doan Thi Huong was arrested at the airport on Wednesd...
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