Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi to enter defence on a charge of murdering Kim Chol

SHAH ALAM -- The High Court here on Thursday ordered Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong to enter their defence on a charge of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader, Kim Chol or Kim Jong-nam, last year.
Judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin in his ruling said the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against Siti Aisyah, 26, and Doan, 29 at the end of prosecution case.
In his judgment, Justice Azmi said he had taken step back and re-looked at the evidence objectively and viewed the prosecution case from all angles especially the demeanours of the prosecution witnesses during the trial.
"I have also carefully considered very strong arguments advances before me by the learned counsels and the learned deputy public prosecutor.
"Suffice to say that at the close of the prosecution case, I have undertake a maximum evaluation of the evidence adduced and I find that the whole of the evidence presented by the prosecution at this juncture is credible for the court to safely accept, give due weight and act upon it.
For the reason I have already set out, I am satisfied that all ingredients of the charge against the accused that need to be proved has been established. I now accordingly find the prosecution has made out a prima facie case against both. I therefore call upon them to enter defence on their respective charges," he said in his two-and-a-half hour judgment which began at 10 am.
Justice Azmi said it could be inferred from evidence presented in court that there was a well-planned conspiracy between the two women and four North Korean suspects at large to kill Kim Chol.
"I can't rule out that this could be a political assassination. Despite that I am still unable to confirm this fact.
"Even though the evidence produced by the prosecution in the form of the closed-circuit television (cctv) footages showed the meticulous planning undertaken by the four North Koreans," he said.
Besides that, the judge also said that a common intention also proven and the two women were the perpetrators.
Siti Aisyah and Doan were charged with four others still at large with the murder of Kim Chol, 45, at the klia2 departure hall at 9 am on Feb 13 last year.

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