Two women accused of poisoning Kim Jong Nam returned to Kuala Lumpur airport today as the murder trial revisited the area where the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was allegedly poisoned.
“The tour quickly descended into disorder as photographers rushed to get images of the women,” The Guardian reports. “Passengers looked on in confusion at the procession of more than 200 police, many heavily armed.”
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Together with High Court Judge Azmi Ariffin and lawyers, the women visited several locations during the three-hour tour. The stops included the check-in area, where they allegedly poisoned Kim, and a cafe where Aisyah is said to have met a man identified in court as “Mr Chang”, who, it is claimed, wiped a liquid on her hands, Agence France-Presse reports.
The two women, who have pleaded not guilty, are accused of smearing the chemical nerve agent VX on Kim's face in February. They say they thought they were involved in a prank for a television reality show and did not know they were holding poison.
If convicted, they face death by hanging.
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