From the outset of the case, there were suspicions that Kim Jong-nam was the victim of a plot arranged by North Korean agents who left Malaysia in the hours after the killing
An Indonesian woman accused in the killing of the North Korean leader's half-brother has been released from custody by a court in Malaysia after a murder charge against her was dropped.
They had both been accused of poisoning Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. From the outset of the case, there were suspicions that Kim Jong-nam was the victim of a plot arranged by North Korean agents who left Malaysia in the hours after the killing, and the two women had been merely pawns in a political assassination.
"We still believe that she was merely a scapegoat," Siti Aisyah's lawyer, Gooi Soon Seng, told reporters.The trial of Ms Siti was suspended in December last year as her lawyers argued with prosecutors over access to statements made by seven witnesses.No reason was given for the application.
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