File of two women suspected of murdering brother of North Korean leader

Record ID: 904246

  • Title: File of two women suspected of murdering brother of North Korean leader
  • Date: 26th July 2017
  • Summary: KAJANG, SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA (FILE - JUNE 16, 2017) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE TO KAJANG WOMEN'S PRISON CARS ENTERING KAJANG WOMEN'S PRISON LOGO READING (Bahasa Malaysia) "MALAYSIA PRISON" (SOUNDBITE) (English) MURDER SUSPECT SITI AISHAH'S LAWYER, GOOI SOON SENG, SAYING: "We are going to send the expert reports to our own experts - we have our own experts from overseas." MURDER SUSPECT SITI AISHAH'S LAWYER, GOOI SOON SENG, STANDING IN FRONT OF MEDIA Lawyers representing Siti Aishah and Doan Thi Huong said in June that some of the documents they had received from prosecutors would be sent to experts in Denmark and other countries for further assessment. The prosecutors handed over a set of 44 documents, including toxicology, autopsy, and arrest reports, as well as the suspects' statements and photographs, to the women's lawyers earlier in the day, weeks after complaints were first raised over authorities' refusal to share key evidence.
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2017 01:30
  • Keywords: North Korea Malaysia Kim Jong Nam murder two women accused court
  • Location: NARITA, JAPAN / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
  • City: NARITA, JAPAN / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / SELANGOR STATE, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056RCSKSL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Two women suspected of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to make their first appearance at a Malaysian High Court for a pre-trial proceeding on Friday (July 28).
    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 said they are innocent. 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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