ReutersTwo women have been charged with the murder of Kim Jong-namPolice said the women smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical on the UN’s list of weapons of mass destruction, on Kim Jong-nam’s face in an assault recorded on Kuala Lumpur airport security cameras on February 13.
The women said they had been paid to take part in what they believed was a prank for a reality TV show.
US and South Korean officials believe Kim, 45, whose father was feared leader Kim Jong-Il, was the victim of an assassination orchestrated by North Korea.
He had criticised his family’s regime and his half brother Kim Jong-un in the past and had been living in exile, under Beijing’s protection, in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau.
Malaysian police arrested Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian woman Siti Aishah in the days after the attack, who is believed to have been celebrating her 25th birthday with a night out just hours before the murder.
GettyVietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aishah have been charged
GettyKim Jon-nam was the half brother of Kim Jong-unA North Korean man is also being held while seven other North Koreans are wanted in connection with the Cold War-style assassination.
Attorney general Mohamed Apandi Ali said the North Korean in custody will not be charged yet, with his remand period ending on Friday.
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