Women charged with killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader appeared in a Malaysian court in bullet-proof vests on Thursday
The two women charged with killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader appeared in a Malaysian court in bullet-proof vests on Thursday, as one of their lawyers warned they feared “trial by ambush” with police not sharing evidence.
Indonesian Siti Aishah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, face the death penalty if convicted of murdering Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur International airport on Feb. 13.
The two women have been accused of smearing Kim’s face with the toxic VX nerve agent, a chemical described by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
Aishah and Huong have told diplomats from their countries that they had believed they were carrying out a prank for a reality television show, and not a murder.
U. S. and South Korean officials say the murder was orchestrated by the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had spoken out publicly against his family’s dynastic control of the isolated, nuclear-armed nation.
