Malaysian prosecutors drop murder charge against Vietnamese woman
Kim Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this file photo taken on February 11 2007. Picture: KYODO VIA REUTERS
Her partner approached from behind, pulled from her handbag a cloth drenched in liquid VX, a chemical weapon, reached around his head and clamped it to his face. That was enough to deliver deadly poison to the portly 46-year-old relative of Kim Jong-un. The assassination drew global attention for its audacity and diplomatic implications, with South Korean and Western officials accusing North Korea of a state-sponsored hit. Pyongyang denies involvement.On Monday, Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Doan Thi Huong, the 30-year-old Vietnamese woman who smothered Kim Jong-nam, after she pleaded guilty to a less serious charge of causing harm by dangerous means.
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