They had been accused of poisoning Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. The North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur was defaced with graffiti just hours before the trial was to resume, authorities said. Women charged with murder of North Korean to testify in Malaysia trial“I feel so happy. Some South Korean lawmakers said the North Korean regime had ordered the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, who had been critical of his family’s dynastic rule. “Until today, we do not know what were the exceptional circumstances that were needed for the attorney-general to review the charge against Siti Aisyah.

Source: The Express Tribune March 11, 2019 12:33 UTC