Kim’s case moved to High Court
> Defence counsel to get CCTV recordings, autopsy report before trial begins
SEPANG: The case of two women charged with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam has been transferred to the Shah Alam High Court.
Sessions court judge Harith Sham Mohamed Yasin, acting as magistrate at the Sepang magistrate’s court, allowed a request by deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad during the case mention yesterday.
The High Court is expected to set a date for mention later.
The suspects – Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 29, and Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, – with four others still at large, were accused of murdering Kim at about 9am on Feb 13 at the KL International Airport 2.
Kim, whose official identity was Kim Chol, was subsequently confirmed to be the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
The murder charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the mandatory death sentence.
Both suspects were seen wearing bulletproof vests when they arrived at the court yesterday.
Muhamad Iskandar told the court that the case can be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court in accordance with Section 177 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
Earlier, counsel Gooi Soon Seng, representing Siti Aisyah, told the court that police and state prosecutors have yet to provide the defence with footage of the assassination from the airport closed-circuit television (CCTV) or the autopsy report on Kim.
He said the prosecution had refused to accommodate numerous requests by the defence counsel regarding information required for their case, including CCTV recordings, believed to be favourable to the defence.
Counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, who is representing Doan, submitted similar concerns.
In response, Muhamad Iskandar said the prosecution will provide the defence counsels all information required prior to the commencement of trial.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar led a the three-man prosecution team.
Besides Hisyam, Doan is also represented by Datuk Naran Singh and Salim Bashir.
Lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh held a watching brief for the North Korean embassy.
In a letter written by Siti Aisyah and read by an official from the Indonesian embassy, she assured her parents that she was healthy.
“Keep healthy (mum and dad) and pray for me. Do not worry, you do not need to come.
“The case will be over soon and I will be home. Send my regards to Rio (my son),” she wrote.