Kim Jong-nam murder case transferred to Shah Alam High Court

The magistrate's court here today allowed the prosecution’s application to transfer the murder case of North Korean Kim Jong-nam to the Shah Alam High Court.

In allowing deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad’s application, Sessions Court judge Harith Sham Mohamed Yasin, who was sitting as the magistrate, did not set a trial date.

The application was made under Section 177A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Indonesian Siti Aishah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28, who were charged along with four others still at large, with murdering Jong-nam, 45, arrived separately.

The duo were wearing bullet-proof jackets.

They allegedly committed the offence at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2) departure hall around 9am on Feb 13 this year, as charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which provides for the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

No plea were taken from them as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

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

Jong Nam, who travelled with a passport bearing the name of Kim Chol, died on the way to Putrajaya Hospital.