Two women suspected of murdering North Korean leader's estranged leader to appear in court

Record ID: 877230

  • Title: Two women suspected of murdering North Korean leader's estranged leader to appear in court
  • Date: 28th May 2017
  • Summary: NARITA, JAPAN (FILE - MAY 4, 2001) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MAN BELIEVED TO BE KIM JONG NAM EXITING POLICE VAN AT TOKYO'S NARITA AIRPORT AND CLIMBING STAIRS TO PLANE In 2001, Kim Jong Nam was caught at an airport in Japan traveling on a fake passport, saying he had wanted visit Tokyo Disneyland.
  • Embargoed: 11th June 2017 05:43
  • Keywords: Malaysia North Korea Kim Jong Nam murder suspects court
  • Location: NARITA, JAPAN/UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION/SEPANG SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
  • City: NARITA, JAPAN/UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION/SEPANG SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016IW8Z7P
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Two women suspected of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to appear in a court in Malaysian court on May 30.
    Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aishah face the death penalty if they are convicted of killing Kim Jong Nam. The two allegedly smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical described by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, across Kim's face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13.
    Both have plead their innocence. Aishah and Huong have told their respective diplomats that they were unwitting pawns in an assassination that U.S. officials and South Korean intelligence have said was organised by North Korean agents.
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