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Women charged with murder of Kim Jong Nam to be tried in April

Published Wed, Mar 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA yesterday charged an Indonesian woman and a Vietnamese woman with murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader in an assassination using a super-toxic nerve agent that kills in minutes.

Siti Aishah, a 25-year-old mother of one from Jakarta, and Doan Thi Huong, a 28-year-old from rural northern Vietnam, could be hanged if they are convicted for the killing of Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13.

Police brought the two women to court handcuffed. As they left, they were made to wear bullet-proof vests, reflecting Malaysian authorities' fears that others involved in …

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