The Latest: Indonesia says high-level lobbying led to Kim Jong Nam suspect's release.
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — The Latest on the dropping of murder charge against the Indonesian suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother :Indonesia’s government says its continual high-level lobbying resulted in the release of the Indonesian woman who was charged with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother in Malaysia.
It said Aisyah, a migrant worker, believed that she was part of a reality TV show and never had any intention of killing Kim Jong Nam. It said Aisyah’s plight was raised in “every bilateral Indonesia-Malaysia meeting, both at the President’s level, the Vice-President and regular meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and other Ministers with their Malaysian partners.”Malaysian prosecutors have withdrawn the murder charge against the Indonesian suspect in the killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother.
Aisyah’s lawyer Gooi Soon Seng said she should be acquitted as the prosecution case against her has closed.
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