The defendant, Siti Aisyah, will be allowed to return to Indonesia after being held in Malaysia since 2017. Officials did not say why the charges were withdrawn.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman who was on trial in the 2017 airport killing of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was freed on Monday after more than two years in custody.
The defendant, Siti Aisyah, 27, will be allowed to leave Malaysia and return to Indonesia after prosecutors in the case withdrew the murder charge against her without explanation.
