Abrar Hussain: Mala-ysian police are currently seeking two Indonesian women they want to testify at the trial of those accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.
Local media named the potential witnesses as Raisa Rinda Salma, 24, and Dessy Meyrisinta, 33.
Kim Jong-nam died at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017, after toxic VX nerve agent was rubbed on his face.
Two women are being tried for his murder.
They are Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Houng from Vietnam.
Although both have pleaded not guilty, claiming they thought they were carrying out a prank for a reality TV show, and did not know the colorless, odorless compound was harmful.
Police have urged anyone who knows the two new named witnesses to contact Sepang district police.
Defence lawyers added that the two women accused of murder had been paid to take part in similar tricks at airports, hotels and shopping malls in the days before Kim’s death.
-Source: BBC