By EILEEN NG 

Chemist testifies VX found on 2 women accused of killing Kim

 

October 6, 2017



SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Prosecutors presented the first evidence Thursday linking the banned VX nerve agent to two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader at a busy Kuala Lumpur airport terminal.

In the trial at Malaysia's High Court, Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam have pleaded not guilty in the Feb. 13 murder of Kim Jong Nam.

They are accused of smearing VX on his face, but the defense says the women thought they were playing a harmless prank for a hidden-camera TV show and had been hoodwinked by men suspected of being North...



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