An Indonesian woman held for 2 years on suspicion of killing the North Korean leader's half brother is 'surprised' after being freed from custody.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Monday, March 11, 2019. The trial of two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader's half brother, resumed Monday after months of delay, with the Vietnamese suspect taking the stand to begin her defense.
Aisyah cried and hugged her co-defendant, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam, before leaving the courtroom. She told reporters she had only learned Monday morning that she would be freed. “I am surprised and very happy. I didn’t expect it.” “I am in shock. My mind is blank,” a distraught Huong told reporters through a translator after Aisyah left.
The two young women were accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim’s face in an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 13, 2017. They have said they thought they were taking part in a prank for a TV show. They were the only suspects in custody after four North Korean suspects fled the country the same morning Kim was killed.
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