Chemist testifies VX found on 2 women accused of killing Kim
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Prosecutors presented the first evidence Thursday linking the banned VX nerve agent to two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader at a busy Kuala Lumpur airport terminal.
In the trial at Malaysia’s High Court, Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam have pleaded not guilty in the Feb. 13 murder of Kim Jong Nam.
They are accused of smearing VX on his face, but the defence says the women thought they were playing a harmless prank for a hidden-camera TV show and had been hoodwinked by men suspected of being North Korean agents.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have considered his older sibling a potential rival for power.