Woman Held in Death of North Korean Leader’s Kin Says She Was Duped
"She said that she met with people who looked Japanese or Korean." Kim Jong-nam, 46, the estranged half brother of the North Korean
leader, Kim Jong-un, died minutes after two women smeared liquid on his face on Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
25, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman arrested in the murder of the half brother of North Korea’s leader said on Saturday
that she was paid just $90 to smear what she thought was a harmless liquid on the face of an unsuspecting man.
The woman, Siti Aisyah, 25, told Indonesian Embassy officials
that she was paid by foreign men for what she thought was a prank for a television show and did not know that anyone would be harmed.
The Malaysian police said on Friday that Kim Jong-nam was poisoned by VX nerve agent,
a chemical banned by international convention that North Korea is known to possess.
