Monday, 1 April 2019

Kim Jong-nam poisoning trial: last suspect to be released after plea deal

Doan Thi Huong pleaded guilty to ‘causing hurt’ over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother

A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother has accepted a lesser charge of “causing hurt by a dangerous weapon” and will be released next month.

Doan Thi Huong welcomed the “fair sentence” after the judge handed down the verdict in a Malaysian court, where she has been on trial for the 2017 murder of Kim Jong-nam with the nerve agent VX.

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