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WORLD NEWS Friday 23 February 2018

Police: No video showing Indonesian attacking Kim Jong Nam

By EILEEN NG had previously been paid
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) to conduct similar pranks.
— A police witness told a Prosecutors contend the
Malaysian court Thursday women knew they were
that there is no video evi- handling poison.
dence that shows an Indo- Wan Azirul also agreed with
nesian woman smearing a Gooi that there was no
nerve agent on the face of video of Kim's movements
the estranged half brother for six minutes after he was
of North Korea's leader as attacked. "Where was Kim
part of an airport attack Jong Nam? Did he go the
that killed him. toilet to wash himself? Was
Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi he in contact with anyone
Huong of Vietnam were before he lodged a com-
charged last year with mur- plaint? Six minutes is a very
dering Kim Jong Nam by long time," Gooi told re-
applying the banned VX porters. Gooi told the court
nerve agent to his face in earlier that Aisyah cele-
a busy Kuala Lumpur air- brated her birthday at the
port terminal on Feb. 13 last Hard Rock Cafe with her
year. They allegedly con- friends the night before the
spired with four North Kore- attack. Right after leaving
an men who fled Malaysia the airport on Feb. 13 she
the same day. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, left, is escorted by police as she leaves after a court hearing at Shah Alam went shopping at a Kuala
Chief police investigator High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong of Viet- Lumpur mall, he said. "If
nam have pleaded not guilty to killing Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's
Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan leader Kim Jong Un, on Feb. 13, 2017 at a crowded Kuala Lumpur airport terminal. she knew she was carrying
Aziz agreed with a defense (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf) out a crime, why didn't she
assertion that videos from flee?" Gooi asked report-
airport surveillance cam- eras did not capture her al- reporters after the hearing two women could face ers. Wan Azirul also told the
eras only showed contact leged attack on Kim. Thursday. the death penalty, but not court that Aisyah went to
between Huong and Kim. "There is no iota of evi- "The burden is on prosecu- if they lacked intent to kill. Cambodia on Jan. 21 and
He said another woman dence pointing to the fact tors to prove beyond rea- Defense lawyers say the was introduced to Hong
was seen walking away, that Siti Aisyah was involved sonable doubt that Siti Ai- women believed they were Song Hac, one of the four
but her face couldn't be in the attack," Aisyah's law- syah ... did the act," he said. playing a prank for a hid- North Koreans wanted by
seen clearly and the cam- yer, Gooi Soon Seng, told If they are convicted, the den-camera TV show and police.q

China probing possible violation of UN sanctions on N. Korea

By CHRIS BODEEN to be involved in the inci- ulations," he said. soured over the North's nu- Tuesday.
Associated Press dent reported earlier this The unusually strong com- clear and missile tests and Photos posted on the min-
BEIJING (AP) — China is week by Japan. ments underscore Beijing's its refusal to return to Chi- istry’s website show the two
"highly concerned" about a "China is highly concerned extreme concern over be- nese-hosted denucleariza- ships with what appear to
reported ship-to-ship trans- about the situation and we ing seen as not carrying out tion talks. be hoses running between
fer on the high seas that are in the middle of an in- its responsibilities in enforc- A Japanese maritime Self- them. The ministry identified
could violate U.N. sanctions vestigation," Geng said at ing U.N. sanctions, as pres- Defense Force PC-3 surveil- the North Korean tanker as
on North Korea and has a regularly scheduled news sure on China, North Ko- lance plane and an escort the Yu Jong 2. It said the
launched an investigation, conference. rea's main ally, has grown ship saw a North Korean- other vessel is of unknown
the foreign ministry said Punishment of any Chinese and become a point of flagged tanker alongside nationality, but had “Min
Thursday. entities found to have been tension with the U.S. a smaller ship on Feb. 16 Ning De You 078” written in
Spokesman Geng Shuang involved would be carried Though China is North Ko- about 250 kilometers (150 Chinese on its bow, which
said China would "seriously out "based on solid evi- rea's biggest trading part- miles) off Shanghai in the is shorthand for an oil ship
deal" with any Chinese indi- dence and in accordance ner and a traditional friend, East China Sea, Japan's from Ningde city in China’s
viduals or enterprises found with Chinese laws and reg- ties between them have foreign ministry said late coastal Fujian province.q