(AP)A Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un escaped the death penalty on Monday, after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her. Doan Thi Huong, 30, was offered an alternative charge of causing harm, which she pleaded guilty to. Huong and an Indonesian woman, Siti Aisyah, were charged with killing Kim Jong Nam by smearing his face with VX poison, a lethal chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur’s main airport in February 2017. South Korean and American officials have said the North Korean regime had ordered the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, who had been critical of his family’s dynastic rule. Prosecutors on Monday offered Huong an alternative charge of “causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means”.

Source: The Telegraph April 01, 2019 20:03 UTC