Malaysian court frees Indonesian suspect in Kim Jong-nam murder case

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Malaysian prosecutors have dropped murder charges against one of two women who have been held for about two years on suspicion of killing Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah was freed on March 11, 2019, after Malaysian dropped the charges against her. The prosecutors did not give a reason for her release. The trial of the other suspect, Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong, is set to resume on March 14. Doan’s lawyer says he…