SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: Four men suspected of plotting with two women to
murder the North Korean leader’s half-brother were on Monday
named by police as North Koreans who fled Malaysia after the assassination.
They were identified at the
trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, the women accused of killing Kim
Jong-Nam on February 13 with nerve agent VX at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in a hit that stunned the world.
The pair, who were arrested days after the assassination and face death by hanging if convicted, pleaded not guilty to murdering the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-Un when the
trial began on October 2.
They say they were tricked into believing they were taking part in a prank for a reality TV show and their lawyers have blamed North Korean agents.
The charge sheet says four other individuals still at large are suspected of murdering Kim along with the women, but does not identify them. On Monday Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz, the main investigating officer, testified to the Shah Alam High Court outside Kuala Lumpur that the four were North Korean men who fled Malaysia after the murder.
They were known to the women by pseudonyms, he said.
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