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VX found on Kim Jong Nam murder suspects' clothes, fingernails: Chemical weapons expert

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KUALA LUMPUR: Traces of the nerve agent VX were found on the clothing of the two women on trial for murdering Kim Jong Nam, Malaysia’s foremost chemical weapons expert testified in court on Thursday (Oct 5). Degradation products of VX was also found on…
KUALA LUMPUR: Traces of the nerve agent VX were found on the clothing of the two women on trial for murdering Kim Jong Nam, Malaysia’s foremost chemical weapons expert testified in court on Thursday (Oct 5).
Degradation products of VX was also found on the fingernails of one of the women, Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong.
Dr Raja Subramaniam, head of laboratories at the Centre for Analysis of Chemical Weapon agents at Malaysia’s Department of Chemistry, said he had found VX and other markers of the poison on the sleeves of both women’s clothing.
He also testified that based on research, the same amount of VX would be 26 times less potent on palms of human beings as compared to their cheeks.
Huong and and Indonesian Siti Aisyah are accused with smearing the face of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, with VX using their bare hands at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) on Feb 13.

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