High-profile case into murder of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother begins
Kuala Lumpur — Two women accused of assassinating the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a banned nerve agent pleaded not guilty at the start of a high-profile murder trial in a Malaysian court on Monday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, are charged with killing Kim Jong-nam by smearing his face with VX, a chemical poison banned by the UN, at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport on February 13. Both women wore bullet-proof vests as they were led into the court on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital. They face the death penalty if convicted. The two women nodded their heads when the charge was read out to them at the Shah Alam court on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital. Siti was dressed in a black floral suit, while Huong wore a white long-sleeved T-shirt and jeans. The prosecution said in its charge sheet that their actions showed "intent to kill the victim" by smearing his face and eyes with VX nerve agent, which a post-mo...
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