31 valuables found on victim’s body

SHAH ALAM: Police had kept 31 valuable items belonging to Kim Jong-Nam after hospital staff recovered them from his remains at the Putrajaya Hospital on Feb 13, the High Court learnt yesterday.

The 18th witness in the case, Sgt Shamsul Bahrin Abdullah from the klia2 police station, testified that he had gone to the hospital with his colleague, Sgt Zambri, at 1.35pm on the same day after receiving information from a female constable Suriani that Jong-Nam had died.

He said he had gone to the Emergency Department and queried the staff there before he was directed to where the remains was.

“The remains was on a stretcher and was covered in white cloth. I took a peek to roughly see the condition of the body.

“Some of the hospital staff were inspecting the personal belongings of the deceased while filling up a declaration form for formality.”

He also testified he had learnt that the identity of the deceased was Kim-Chol upon receiving his passport from the hospital staff.

Among the personal items, he said, were his watch, spectacles, foreign currency, handphones, a notebook, ring, chain, cards, clothing items, shaver and cologne.

Under his superiors’ orders, Shamsul Bahrin said he opened investigations papers and collected the deceased valuables to be stored in the Sepang police district headquarters.

The items, he said, were handed to two police officers to be kept in the safe on the evening of Feb 13. The trial will resume on Nov 28 for four days and continue over several dates in January, February and March.

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 29, along with four others still at large, were charged with the murder of Jong-Nam who was travelling under the name of Kim Chol, 45, at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2) departure hall at 9am on Feb 13.

It was reported that Jong-Nam was at klia2 to board a flight to Macau when two women approached and suddenly wiped his face with toxic liquid which was later identified as the VX nerve agent.