Two women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam plead not guilty

Siti Aisya and Doan Thi Huong, two women suspected of killing North Korean Kim Jong Nam on the 13^th of February, plead not guilty to the murder charge.

Both facing the death penalty, the women say that “they thought they were playing a harmless prank or a hidden-camera show” after exposing the VX nerve agent on the victim’s face which eventually killed him.

Aisya, who originates from Indonesia, says that about a month prior to the incident, she was recruited and introduced to “a North Korean man” who paid her for performing pranks on random targets.

After the incident occurred, it was discovered that there were a total of four North Koreans who were involved- one who fled “on the day of the killing”, and three who were then exchanged “for nine Malaysians” who were in Pyongyang.

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By: Ivana Siddik

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