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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 30 January 2018

Police witness: Kim Jong Nam

met American before his murder

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia officer Wan Azirul Nizam he could not remember the
(AP) — A police witness Che Wan Aziz told the court hotel name or whether the
said Monday that the es- Monday that Kim flew from room was registered under
tranged half brother of Macau to Kuala Lumpur Kim or the man, prompting
North Korea’s leader met last Feb. 6 and went to the a lashing from Gooi for his
with an unidentified Korean northern island of Langkawi “severe lapse of memory.”
American man on a Malay- two days later. He said Kim Wan Azirul said an analysis
sian resort island four days met with the Korean Ameri- of Kim’s laptop showed it
before he was murdered, can at a Langkawi hotel was last used on Feb. 9. He
as the trial of two women the next day, but he didn’t said Kim returned to Kuala
accused of killing him re- know the man’s identity Lumpur on Feb. 12, a day Indonesian Siti Aisyah, center, is escorted by police as she
leaves after a court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah
sumed. and it wasn’t related to the before he was killed while Alam, Malaysia, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018.
Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, 25, $138,000 in cash found in waiting for a flight back to Associated Press
and Vietnam’s Doan Thi Kim’s backpack when he Macau. sy official met the suspects Kim, the eldest son in the
Huong, 29, are accused of was murdered. The trial is to resume Tues- before they fled and facili- family that has ruled North
smearing VX nerve agent Wah Azirul was respond- day. tated their check-in at the Korea since its founding,
on Kim Jong Nam’s face in ing to questions from Gooi Gooi has told reporters airport. had been living abroad
a crowded airport terminal Soon Seng, Aisyah’s lawyer, that Kim’s killing was likely If they are convicted, the for years after falling out
in Kuala Lumpur last Feb. who asked him to confirm a political assassination be- two women could face of favor. It is thought he
13. They pleaded not guilty a report by the Japanese cause of involvement by the death penalty, but could have been seen as a
to murder charges when newspaper Asahi Shimbun the North Korean Embassy. not if they lacked intent threat to the rule of his half
their trial began Oct. 2. The that Kim had met in Lang- A police witness has testi- to kill. Defense lawyers say brother, Kim Jong Un. Ma-
two are the only suspects in kawi with a U.S. intelligence fied that a car used to take the women believed they laysian officials have never
custody, though prosecu- agent who was based in the North Korean suspects were playing a prank for a officially accused North Ko-
tors have said four North Bangkok. to the airport on the day hidden-camera TV show. rea of involvement in Kim’s
Koreans who fled the coun- “Until now, the identity of of the murder belonged Prosecutors contend the death and have made it
try were also involved. the man is not known,” Wan to the embassy. The court women knew they were clear they don’t want the
Chief police investigating Azirul told the court. He said also heard that an embas- handling poison. trial politicized.q

Foreigners deny making pornographic Cambodian party photos

By SOPHENG CHEANG they could not be reached whole day of partying in
Associated Press for comment and it was a Villa Mansion just out of
PHNOM PENH, Cambo- not immediately possible to town with hundreds of oth-
dia (AP) — Ten foreign- find the lawyer represent- er backpackers” and fea-
ers, including five Britons, ing them. turing a DJ, barbeque and
charged with producing They face up to a year in pool.
pornographic photos dur- prison if convicted. Photos on the Facebook
ing a party near Cambo- Police said they raided a page showed young peo-
dia’s famed Angkor Wat rented villa in Siem Reap ple in bikinis and swimsuits
temple complex have de- on Thursday where the for- at pool parties.
nied any wrongdoing, a eigners were taking part in Calls to the number listed
prosecutor said Monday. what organizers called a on the page rang unan-
Still, there is “enough evi- pub crawl and found peo- swered Monday.
dence to prove that they ple “dancing pornographi- It is not the first time young
violated the law, and cally.” In this photo dated Jan. 27, 2018, issued by Cambodian National travelers have gotten in
therefore, they must face While almost 90 foreigners Police, a group of foreigners stand after they were arrested for hot water in Cambodia.
charges,” Siem Reap pro- were detained, all but 10 “dancing pornographically” at a party in Siem Reap town, near In recent years there has
vincial court prosecutor were released. the country’s famed Angkor Wat temple complex. been a flurry of tourists who
Samrith Sokhon said. Photos released by police Associated Press posed nude or semi-naked
The 10 people charged showed clothed young said were then posted on Wet.” for photos at landmarks,
Sunday include five from adults rolling around to- social media. A Facebook page for Let’s including ancient temple
the United Kingdom, two gether on a dance floor. The Khmer Times, an Eng- Get Wet parties in Siem sites, then posted the pic-
from Canada and one On Sunday the 10 were lish-language newspaper Reap advertised what it tures on the internet.
each from Norway, the formally charged with pro- close to the government, billed as “Asia’s biggest When caught, they have
Netherlands and New Zea- ducing pornographic pic- said some of the events pool crawl.” It also said it been expelled from the
land. Since they are in jail tures, which the prosecutor were known as “Let’s Get offered every Thursday “a country.q