Malaysian court opens trial of Vietnamese defendant

The Shah Alam High Court in Selangor state of Malaysia on March 14 morning opened the trial of Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, a suspect in the murder of the holder of a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) passport with the name of Kim Chol.

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Doan Thi Huong is escorted to the Shah Alam High Court on March 14 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Shah Alam High Court inSelangor state of Malaysia on March 14 morning opened the trial of VietnameseDoan Thi Huong, a suspect in the murder of the holder of a Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) passport with the name of Kim Chol.

Earlier, Huong’s lawyer asked the Ministry of Justice and theAttorney General of Malaysia to release her after Indonesian suspect SitiAisyah in the same case had been freed on March 11.

The trial has attracted significant mediaattention, with about 100 reporters covering it.

At a trial in August 2018, the high courtdeclared they had collected sufficient evidence to indicate the two women andfour DPRK suspects who fled the country had taken part in a scheme to murderKim Chol.-VNA

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