Doan Thi Huong and Siti Aisyah said they thought they were participating in a prank for a TV show and did not know they actually had been taking part in a high-profile murder
Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on April 1, 2019.Two years after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother was killed, a Malaysian court on Monday told the only remaining suspect in custody that she would not face a murder charge, perhaps signalling the end of a case that had sparked international intrigue.
Huong and the Indonesian woman, Siti Aisyah, have said they thought they were participating in a prank for a TV show and did not know they actually had been taking part in a high-profile murder. The two were arrested and accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim’s face. The murder charge that Huong had faced carried the death penalty if she was convicted. Huong nodded Monday as a translator read the new charge to her: voluntarily causing injury with a dangerous weapon, VX nerve agent.Oh said he believed it was a “friendly gesture to Vietnam while paying due respect to the judicial process.” While Huong may not have had any premeditated intent to kill Kim, she did apply the VX on his face and has to account for it, he said.
The move follows the Malaysian attorney general’s decision to drop the murder case against Aisyah on March 11 following high-level lobbying from Indonesia’s government. Huong sought to be acquitted after Aisyah was freed, but prosecutors rejected her request. Hisyam had urged the judge to take into account Huong’s honesty, her acceptance of responsibility and the acquittal of her co-defendant. “She is neither a criminal nor has the propensity to commit a crime,” the lawyer said.
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