North Korea was behind an audacious plot to kill the estranged half-brother of dictator Kim Jong-un, the Malaysian prosecution in the trial over his murder alleged on Monday. Kim Jong-nam, 45, was publicly assassinated at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13 by two young Asian women…
North Korea was behind an audacious plot to kill the estranged half-brother of dictator Kim Jong-un, the Malaysian prosecution in the trial over his murder alleged on Monday.
Kim Jong-nam, 45, was publicly assassinated at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13 by two young Asian women who smeared his face with VX, a chemical weapon the United Nations has described as a weapon of mass destruction.
They have been charged with murder, along with four other unnamed people, who remain at large.
The Malaysian police have named four North Koreans as suspects after they left Kuala Lumpur for Pyongyang on the day of the killing.
Only the two female suspects, Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, appeared on Monday at the opening day of the trial at the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, both wearing flak jackets.
They have pleaded not guilty to the boldest political assassination in recent times, claiming they believed they were taking part in a TV prank show.
Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of Kim Jong-un, in pictures
They face the death penalty if convicted.
Opening the prosecution, Muhamad Iskander Ahmad rejected their version of events, claiming their actions showed their “intention to kill” and that they had practised for the hit beforehand.
