The site of the assassination attempt on Kim Jong-Nam
A citizen of Indonesia Siti Aisha, was detained in Malaysia on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong UN told his family that participates in the filming entertainment shows for Japanese television. About it writes on Sunday, February 19, the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.
As reported by sister arrested, Aisha worked as a lingerie shop on the Indonesian island of Batam, and in late January said that as jobs start to appear in entertainment shows and therefore often swims on the ferry to neighbouring Malaysia. While the show woman could not see, as it supposedly is broadcast only in Japan.
During one of the “draws” Aisha, according to her, she took a red pepper and put it on his cheeks a strange man. In this case, after the arrest she told the police that she was hired for $ 100 to participate in a similar “prank”.
Kim Jong-Nam, was killed on 13 February at the airport of Kuala Lumpur. From the capital of Malaysia it was going to fly to Macau to his family.
According to investigators, the assassination was attempted by two women, they managed to escape from the crime scene. There are different versions of his murder: brother Korean leader could have been hurt, poisoned needles, splash him with a toxic liquid or to hold the eyes with a poisonous substance swab.
On suspicion of involvement in the crime were arrested, in addition to Aisha, a citizen of Myanmar (according to other sources — Vietnam) and citizen of Malaysia. February 17, was arrested the fourth suspect is a native of North Korea Ri Jong Chol (Ri Jong Chol). According to the newspaper The Strait Times, he was an expert in the field of chemistry and about ten years to 2011 worked in one of the research centers in the Indian city of Kolkata.