Trial of Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong Nam to continue

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who was a suspect in the murder case of North Korean leader's half brother Kim Jong Nam, leaves the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin - Copyright LAI SENG SIN(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 14/03/2019 - 05:32•Updated 25/04/2024 - 21:28

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Vietnamese woman will continue her trial for the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after Malaysian prosecutors rejected a request from Vietnam to free her on Thursday.

The Vietnamese government had made the call after Doan Thi Huong's co-accused, Indonesian woman Siti Aisyah, was released on Monday.

Huong and Siti Aisyah were charged with killing Kim by smearing his face with VX poison, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.

(Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Editing by Michael Perry)

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Trial of Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong Nam to continue

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