Kim Jong-nam murder trial adjourned again until March


  • Nation
  • Monday, 28 Jan 2019

Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong is due to begin her defence on March 11, having been charged in Malaysia with murdering the North Korean leader's half- brother.

Shah Alam (Malaysia) (AFP) - The trial of two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother was adjourned Monday until March, and the case will now drag on until at least mid-2019.

Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam have been on trial since October 2017, accused of murdering Kim Jong-nam by smearing the nerve agent VX on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport.

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