KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman who was on trial in the 2017 airport killing of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was freed on Monday after more than two years in custody. The defendant, Siti Aisyah, 27, will be allowed to leave Malaysia and return to Indonesia after prosecutors in the case withdrew the murder charge against her without explanation. “I am surprised and very happy,” Ms. Siti told reporters as she left the courthouse with a representative of Indonesia’s embassy to Malaysia. Indonesia’s ambassador to Malaysia, Rusdi Kirana, told reporters at the courthouse that Ms. Siti would go back to Indonesia today.

Source: New York Times March 11, 2019 03:22 UTC