Delay in Kim poison murder trial

A MALAYSIAN court yesterday postponed the trial of a woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea’s leader as her lawyers sought more time to seek written statements from witnesses.

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 26, pictured in pink, is charged along with Doan Thi Huong, a 30-year-old Vietnamese, poisoning Kim Jong-nam with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February last year.

Siti Aisyah’s lawyer, Gooi Soon Seng, said the documents were vital, as five of the witnesses had gone missing.